E
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the number E
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Elements
A labeled number reused across propositions as a least-ratio auxiliary, a least common measure, and a part-name number.
Again, let C not measure D, and let E, the least number measured by C, D, be taken.
therefore D, C measure F, so that the least number measured by D, C will also measure F.
Next, let A, B not be prime to one another, and let F, E, the least numbers of those which have the same ratio with A, B, be taken;