A formal system for euclid’s elements

Review of Symbolic Logic 2 (4):700--768 (2009)
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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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Edward Dean
Carnegie Mellon University
Jeremy Avigad
Carnegie Mellon University
John Mumma
California State University, San Bernardino

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Basic proof theory.A. S. Troelstra - 2000 - New York: Cambridge University Press. Edited by Helmut Schwichtenberg.

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