Euclidean space

Around 300 BC, the Greek mathematician Euclid Euclid

Euclid , a Greek [i] mathematician [i], who lived in Alexandria [i], Hellenistic Egypt [i], alm ... 

 laid down the rules of what has now come to be called "plane Euclidean geometry", which is the study of the relationships between angles and distances of objects drawn on a flat two-dimensional surface. This was soon extended to three dimensions to describe similar relationships for solid three-dimensional objects .

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Around 300 BC, the Greek mathematician Euclid Euclid

Euclid , a Greek [i] mathematician [i], who lived in Alexandria [i], Hellenistic Egypt [i], alm ... 

 laid down the rules of what has now come to be called "plane Euclidean geometry", which is the study of the relationships between angles and distances of objects drawn on a flat two-dimensional surface. This was soon extended to three dimensions to describe similar relationships for solid three-dimensional objects .
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