method of indivisibles
English
Proper noun
the
method
of
indivisibles
(
mathematics
,
obsolete
)
An old kind of
calculus
in which
lines
were considered as made up of an
infinite
number of
points
;
surfaces
, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and
volumes
, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.
See also
Cavalieri's principle
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