Cavalieri's principle

English

Etymology

Named after Bonaventura Cavalieri.

Proper noun

Cavalieri's principle

  1. (geometry) A development of the method of indivisibles, dealing with two-dimensional area or three-dimensional volume based on the intersections of lines or planes surrounding a region. It was an early step toward integral calculus.
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