> I'm hoping to contribute to the Elementary Geometry section, so I've been 
walking through 
> the current set.mm work due mostly to Thierry Arnoux, Mario Carneiro, and 
Scott Fenton. 
> This involves reading Schwabauser, something of a trick since it's in 
German and 
> I can't read German. (Hello Google translate!) 

Very clearly I propose that we reactivate what I had done on the geometry 
of Euclid using 
Wayne Aitken's handouts. It's in English. It's very easily formalizable. 
All the preliminary 
definitions have already been entered. There's very rich material with 
Euclidean and 
non-Euclidean geometry. 

We can put that in the history section. And we can go on to formalize 
Euclid itself. 
And we can add links to Oliver Byrne's work because his proofs are very 
easy to understand 
and can help to understand the formalized version if we take care to stay 
close to the text.

https://www.c82.net/euclid/

It won't compete with Schwabauser's version. The latter will be the 
official geometry
in the main section. And the Euclid/Aitken version will be in a historical 
section.

We will thus have a section that will follow the rules of the historical 
sections in that 
its purpose will be to be as close to Euclid as possible in order to be an 
aid to reading the Elements.

And moreover David will not have to break his head to decipher a German 
text.

Finally, being able to compare Schwabauser's and Euclid's versions will 
enrich both versions.

-- 
FL
 

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