Proposition 13.15
| elem.13.1 | If a straight line be cut in extreme and mean ratio, the square on the greater segment added to the half of the whole is five times the square on the half. | image |
| elem.13.2 | If the square on a straight line be five times the square on a segment of it, then, when the double of the said segment is cut in extreme and mean ratio, the greater segment is the remaining part of the original straight line. | image |
| elem.13.3 | If a straight line be cut in extreme and mean ratio, the square on the lesser segment added to the half of the greater segment is five times the square on the half of the greater segment. | image |
| elem.13.4 | If a straight line be cut in extreme and mean ratio, the square on the whole and the square on the lesser segment together are triple of the square on the greater segment. | image |
| elem.13.5 | If a straight line be cut in extreme and mean ratio, and there be added to it a straight line equal to the greater segment, the whole straight line has been cut in extreme and mean ratio, and the original straight line is the greater segment. | image |
| elem.13.6 | If a rational straight line be cut in extreme and mean ratio, each of the segments is the irrational straight line called apotome. | image |
| elem.13.7 | If three angles of an equilateral pentagon, taken either in order or not in order, be equal, the pentagon will be equiangular. | image |
| elem.13.8 | If in an equilateral and equiangular pentagon straight lines subtend two angles taken in order, they cut one another in extreme and mean ratio, and their greater segments are equal to the side of the pentagon. | image |
| elem.13.9 | If the side of the hexagon and that of the decagon inscribed in the same circle be added together, the whole straight line has been cut in extreme and mean ratio, and its greater segment is the side of the hexagon. | image |
| elem.13.10 | If an equilateral pentagon be inscribed in a circle, the square on the side of the pentagon is equal to the squares on the side of the hexagon and on that of the decagon inscribed in the same circle. | image |
| elem.13.11 | If in a circle which has its diameter rational an equilateral pentagon be inscribed, the side of the pentagon is the irrational straight line called minor. | image |
| elem.13.12 | If an equilateral triangle be inscribed in a circle, the square on the side of the triangle is triple of the square on the radius of the circle. | image |
| elem.13.13 | To construct a pyramid, to comprehend it in a given sphere, and to prove that the square on the diameter of the sphere is one and a half times the square on the side of the pyramid. | image |
| elem.13.14 | To construct an octahedron and comprehend it in a sphere, as in the preceding case; and to prove that the square on the diameter of the sphere is double of the square on the side of the octahedron. | image |
| elem.13.15 | To construct a cube and comprehend it in a sphere, like the pyramid; and to prove that the square on the diameter of the sphere is triple of the square on the side of the cube. | image |
| elem.13.16 | To construct an icosahedron and comprehend it in a sphere, like the aforesaid figures; and to prove that the side of the icosahedron is the irrational straight line called minor. | image |
| elem.13.17 | To construct a dodecahedron and comprehend it in a sphere, like the aforesaid figures, and to prove that the side of the dodecahedron is the irrational straight line called apotome. | image |
| elem.13.18 | To set out the sides of the five figures and to compare them with one another. | image |
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Published May 8, 2008. Copyright 2008, Clay Mathematics Institute
Proposition 13.15