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A FORMAL SYSTEM FOR EUCLID’S ELEMENTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2009

JEREMY AVIGAD,
EDWARD DEAN and
JOHN MUMMA
JEREMY AVIGAD*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
EDWARD DEAN*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University
JOHN MUMMA*
Affiliation:
Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Suppes Center for History and Philosophy of Science
*
*JEREMY AVIGAD, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 E-mail:avigad@cmu.edu
†EDWARD DEAN, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 E-mail:edean@andrew.cmu.edu
‡JOHN MUMMA, DIVISION OF LOGIC METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AT THE SUPPES, CENTER FOR HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, BUILDING 200, STANFORD, CA 94305–2024 E-mail:john.mumma@gmail.com
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Abstract

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We present a formal system, E, which provides a faithful model of the proofs in Euclid’s Elements, including the use of diagrammatic reasoning.

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The Review of Symbolic Logic , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 2009, pp. 700 - 768
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2009

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