Euclid's Elements - Book 1 Proposition 3
"Given two unequal straight lines, to cut off from the greater a straight line equal to the less."
We have two straight lines, one bigger…
Euclid's Elements - Book 1 Proposition 2
"To place at a given point a straight line equal to a given straight line."
We have a point and we have a line segment apart from that…
Euclid's Elements - Book 1 Proposition 1
"On a given finite straight line to construct an equilateral triangle"
You have a line. How do you create an equilateral triangle whose…