Notable Scientist, Euclud

Notable Scientist

Euclud was a founder and member of the academy in Alexandria. He may be a student of Plato and most influential and known Greek Mathematician.

In book Euclid studies numbers. He did not consider 1 as a number. It was a unit and the numbers 2, 3, 4 …… were composed of units

He then introduces proportion for numbers and shows essentially that for numbers a, b, c, d that a : b = c : d precisely when the least numbers with ration a : b is equal to the least number with ratio c : d.