Euclid:Proposition/IX/8

Proposition

In the words of Euclid:

If as many numbers as we please beginning from an unit be in continued proportion, the third from the unit will be square, as will those which successively leave out one; the fourth will be cube, as will also all those which leave out two; and the seventh will be at once cube and square, as will also those which leave out five.

(The Elements: Book $\text{IX}$: Proposition $8$)

Sources

• 1926: Sir Thomas L. Heath: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements: Volume 2 (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Book $\text{IX}$. Propositions