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The definition of "Proportion" as the equality between two ratios is currently duplicated in the articles about Ratio and Proportionality (mathematics); I'd argue it's a sufficiently notable concept to deserve its own article, the present one. fgnievinski (talk) 18:39, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This should be merged into ratio, and it should be explained much better by someone who has read enough work by credible math history scholars to not make a hash of it. Our current coverage falls somewhere between substantially misleading and completely wrong. –jacobolus (t) 20:02, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
We could also make a separate article about Eudoxus's theory of proportion as exemplified by Book 5 of Euclid's Elements if at some point the coverage grows beyond the scope of ratio. –jacobolus (t) 20:04, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]