'''Euclid''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] mathematician who lived 325-365 B.C. in [[Hellenistic]] [[Alexandria]]. He was the father of [[geometry]] and wrote the ''[[Elements]]'' which is considered to be one of the most successful mathematics textbooks ever. Euclid's Elements focuses mainly on [[geometry]] but also has a small amount of number theory dealing with [[prime number]]s and even [[perfect number]]s. | '''Euclid''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] mathematician who lived 325-365 B.C. in [[Hellenistic]] [[Alexandria]]. He was the father of [[geometry]] and wrote the ''[[Elements]]'' which is considered to be one of the most successful mathematics textbooks ever. Euclid's Elements focuses mainly on [[geometry]] but also has a small amount of number theory dealing with [[prime number]]s and even [[perfect number]]s. |