..till the more recent antiquity,at my university,I above all got to know one name:Euclid.He brought mathematical theory to great perfection, and he towers high above his predecessors.He has opened new avenues,and has enlightened the path for later generations.His works are numerous and they are of exceptional level.In the books he wrote during his life time there isn't a single one that can be doubted.Especially his Elements is very exact and can rightly be called a standard work.It makes perfectly clear the way mathematics hangs together and why it does. Everything is contained in his theory and there is nothing that does not follow from it.That is why there used to be the saying:"with his other books he already surpassed others,but with this book he surpassed himself"¡ …till the more recent antiquity, at my university, I above all got to know one name: Euclid. He brought mathematical theory to great perfection, and he towers high above his predecessors. He has opened new avenues, and has enlightened the path for later generations. His works are numerous and they are of exceptional level. In the books he wrote during his life time there isn't a single one that can be doubted. Especially his Elements is very exact and can rightly be called a standard work. It makes perfectly clear the way mathematics hangs together and why it does. Everything is contained in his theory and there is nothing that does not follow from it. That is why there used to be the saying: "with his other books he already surpassed others, but with this book he surpassed himself