Talk:Pons asinorum

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This article quotes Aristotle "There is no royal road to geometry", but googling for the phrase in quotes provides many attributions to Euclid, not Aristotle.

Since the quote, however interesting, is not essential for explaining "Pons asinorum", the entire paragraph should be deleted.

[edit] No difference

Comparing triangle ABC to triangle ACB is comparing a thing to itself. D021317c 15:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it just shows how good Pappus proof is. If you look in Elementa http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookI/propI5.html it looks 'more' complicated. When Pappus mirrors the triangle it becomes so obvious. It should be rewritten by someone that can write English