# Greek Geometry Algebra [closed]

Tell me everything you know about Euklid, Pythagoras etcetera. I'm about to begin reading about greek algebra used in calculating geometric figures. After reading I'm going to write a 15-20 pages report.

So any kind of introduction would be awesome, I'm primarily interested in Euklid and how the theories at that time are important in math today.

ps. sorry for the bad english, I'm tired, made a 300 words spanish assignment and I'm not a native. Be nice, it's my first time.

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Vol. 1 of Bourbaki's General Topology has a note on the concept of magnitude in Greek geometry. –  Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya Oct 13 '10 at 23:01
This question/request seems a little too broad for this site. Maybe you could think of specific things you would like to know or have questions over? Have you done any research of your own yet? Where did you look and what did you find? What have you read that you would like to know more about? If you don't have any specific questions yet maybe you should just ask for some good references on the subject and retag as reference/request. Any question that begins with "Tell me everything you know about..." is probably not specific enough for this site. –  jericson Oct 14 '10 at 1:41
Removed [algebraic-geometry] tag: the phrase doesn't mean what you think it means. In response to the question itself, What is the context/purpose of the report? I assume it's for school -- is there a specific angle you'd like to take? What do the teachers expect? And what do you already know? Are you reading the Elements? –  Paul VanKoughnett Oct 14 '10 at 3:46
You might want to look at "Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometries, Development and History", by Marvin Jay Greenberg. –  jake Oct 14 '10 at 4:56
Please do not begin questions with an imperative. –  Rasmus Oct 14 '10 at 15:05

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