Euclid:Proposition/X/36

Proposition

In the words of Euclid:

If two rational straight lines commensurable in square only be added together, the whole is irrational; and let it be called binomial.

(The Elements: Book $\text{X}$: Proposition $36$)

Sources

• 1926: Sir Thomas L. Heath: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements: Volume 3 (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Book $\text{X}$. Propositions