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==Works== [[File:Pope Sylvester II (Gerbert d'Aurillac) - De geometria.jpg|thumb|12th century copy of ''De geometria'']] Gerbert's writings were printed in volume 139 of the ''[[Patrologia Latina]]''. Darlington notes that Gerbert's preservation of his letters might have been an effort of his to compile them into a textbook for his pupils that would illustrate proper letter writing.<ref name="darlington 468"/> His books on mathematics and astronomy were not research-oriented; his texts were primarily educational guides for his students.<ref name="darlington 468"/> ;Mathematical writings * ''Libellus de numerorum divisione''<ref name="darlington 468 footnote">{{harvtxt|Darlington|1947|p=468, footnote 43}}</ref> * ''De geometria''<ref name="darlington 468 footnote"/> * ''Regula de abaco computi''<ref name="darlington 468 footnote"/> * ''Liber abaci''<ref name="darlington 468 footnote"/> * ''Libellus de rationali et ratione uti''<ref name="darlington 468 footnote"/> ;Ecclesiastical writings * ''Sermo de informatione episcoporum'' * ''De corpore et sanguine Domini'' * ''Selecta e concil. Basol., Remens., Masom., etc.'' ;Letters * ''Epistolae ante summum pontificatum scriptae'' (218 letters, including letters to the emperor, the pope, and various bishops) * ''Epistolae et decreta pontificia'' (15 letters to various abbots and bishops, including Arnulf) ** a dubious letter to Otto III ** five short poems ;Other writings * ''Acta concilii Remensis ad S. Basolum'' * ''Leonis legati epistola ad Hugonem et Robertum reges'' * ''Celebacy for the guarantee of our future''
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