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SUMMARY:[TMS] Why Euclid was a genius and (maybe) other stories - Prof. Ma
 rtin Hyland (DPMMS)
DTSTART:20160208T203000Z
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CONTACT:Jason Kwong
DESCRIPTION:It is often said that we know very little about Euclid. But we
  do have (most of) his Elements - perhaps the most widely studied secular 
 book of all time. I claim that it is the expression of a remarkable mathem
 atical personality. There are two distinct proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem i
 n Euclid's Elements. I believe that we can reconstruct Euclid's thinking i
 n giving these two proofs. When we do so\, we see what is an unrecognised 
 depth to Euclid: not only was he a remarkable geometer and arithmetician b
 ut he also had the instincts of a modern logician. 
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre\, Trinity College
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