Euclid of Alexandria is credited with saying so to King Ptolemy I.
there is no easier way to learn Geometry
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Euclid lived during the reign of Ptolemy I and wrote an work made comprised of 13 volumes called Elements. As ruler during his reign (323-283 BC), Ptolemy personally sponsored Euclid, but found his work to hard to comprehend. Once, when Ptolemy asked of Euclid if there was no shorter road to geometry than the Elements, he replied, "Sire, there is no royal road to geometry."It is believed though not proven that Euclid may have studied at Plato's Academy in Greece.
In geometry, an asymptote is a line that approaches the axis of a graph but does not touch or intersect. The line will continue to get closer but will never actually touch the axis. The line is said to be "asymptotic" if this occurs.
Euclid
When Ptolemy I asked if there was a shorter path to learning geometry than Euclid's ElementsEuclid replied, "There is no royal road to geometry."
The story may be apocryphal, but the implication is that knowledge is not obtained by birthright.
Euclid of Alexandria is credited with saying so to King Ptolemy I.
Euclid is said to have told told King Ptolemy that.
The philosopher Euclid is traditionally attributed with saying, "There is no royal road to geometry," to King Ptolemy I of Egypt. This statement emphasizes that geometry requires diligent study and cannot be mastered through shortcuts or privileged treatment.
there is no easier way to learn Geometry
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royal road
Euclid, Pythagoras and a nun walk into a bar... No, I can't tell that one. How about Proclus telling a story that, when Ptolemy I asked if there was a shorter path to learning geometry than Euclid's Elements, "Euclid replied, 'There is no royal road to geometry.'"
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the Royal Road