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🔴 **François de Foix de Candalle: Euclidean authorship in the sixteenth century**

"_Despite Foix’s stated intention to ‘restore’ the text he – ironically – enjoyed an unusual success as a Euclidean author: few other writers, if any, in his or the succeeding century inserted into Euclid’s Elements new material of such bulk and longevity._"

Wardhaugh, B. (2024) ‘François de Foix de Candalle: Euclidean authorship in the sixteenth century’, British Journal for the History of Mathematics, pp. 1–16. doi: doi.org/10.1080/26375451.2024..

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