2013/03/18 – 18:30 – Above image courtesy of the Web Gallery of Art. Description: Euclid’s Algorithm (also known as “The Euclidean Algorithm”), is a simple algorithm for finding the greatest common divisor between two numbers. Named after the Greek mathematician Euclid, this algorithm is first defined in Books VII and X of his Elements treatise, dating back to ~300BC, making it one of the oldest numerical algorithms in common [...]