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I don't like how they give and example of a geometric axiom and then give a number theory result. This makes it seem that the number theory result follows from the geometric axions.


> I don't like how they give and example of a geometric axiom and then give a number theory result. This makes it seem that the number theory result follows from the geometric axions.

This isn't some weird gloss on their part; there are number-theory results in Euclid's Elements, even if you and I would nowadays think of them as belonging to a different discipline.




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