Re:A non-standard book list for software developers
by molteanu on Saturday March 12, 2022 @02:59PM
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I've read the 'original' Elements, indeed. Apart from the geometric figures which were not even available in the original form of the manuscript, but added later as an aid, there is no obscure notation whatsoever. Indeed, there is no notation at all. It's all prose.
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Re:A non-standard book list for software developers
by irutirw222 on Saturday March 12, 2022 @03:11PM
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If you want to read it more as a historical piece of art I wouldn't object; if you want to actually get some mathematical insight out of it on the other hand, this would be a good starting point:
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/845288/has-any-erro...