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Hippocrates of Chios would be known too. Only much later was it proven (by Ferdinand von Lindemann, in 1882) that this approach had no chance of success, because the factor pi (π) is transcendental. The number π is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle, and also the ratio of the area to the square of the radius. In the century after Hippocrates at least four other mathematicians wrote their own "Elements", steadily improving terminology and logical structure. In this way Hippocrates' pioneering work laid the foundation for Euclid's "Elements" (c. 325 BC) that was to remain the standard