"A point is that which has no part." -- Euclid's Elements, Book 1, Definition 1. This started it all. This is the "hello, world" of the axiomatic method. Here is a copy of Euclid's Elements: https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/ … (Books I-XIII)
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"A point is that which has no part." This is a poor definition. A better definition which goes back to the Pythagoreans and mentioned by Aristotle is: "A point is that which has place or position." Euclid's Elements is an example of the deductive method. It is not axiomatic.
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Here’s lookin at Euclid.

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What is the main maths book now?!
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I think it should be Principia by Newton.
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Euclid's Elements is still the foundation of Mathematics and not Cantorian Set theory.
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I would say probably in the history of the world, not just Mathematics.
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Probably generated a fortune for its publisher but poor Euclid didn't get any penny.
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