List of things named after Euclid

This is a list of topics named after the Greek mathematician Euclid.

Mathematics

Number theory

Algebra

Geometry

Other

  • Euclid's Elements
  • Euclid's Optics
  • Euclid (spacecraft)
  • Euclides, crater on the Moon
  • 4354 Euclides, main-belt asteroid
  • Euclid Trucks
  • Euclid, Ohio
  • Euclid, Minnesota
  • Euclidean rhythm a term coined by Godfried Toussaint in his 2005 paper "The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms"
  • Euclid (computer program)
  • Euclid (programming language)
  • Euclid, a supercomputer built by the fictional character Maximillian Cohen in the 1998 film π
  • Euclid Creek
  • Euclid Avenue, a street in Manassas, Virginia
  • Euclid Avenue, a street in Arlington Heights, Illinois
  • Euclid Avenue, a street in Miami Beach, Florida
  • Euclid Avenue, a street in Des Moines, Iowa
  • Euclid Crescent, a street in Dundee, Scotland
  • Euclid St, a street in Orange County, California
  • Euclid Avenue, a street in Toronto, Ontario
  • Euclid, an object designation within the SCP Foundation stories, denoting an anomaly that is difficult, but fairly straightforward to contain.
  • Mount Euclid in New Zealand's Paparoa Range was named after him in 1970 by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.[1]
  • Euclidate

References

  1. ^ "Place name detail: Mount Euclid". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 21 August 2022.