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The New Interpretation of Archimedes' 'method'  

Park, Sun-Yong (Department of Mathematics Education, Yeungnam University)
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Journal for History of Mathematics / v.23, no.4, 2010 , pp. 47-58 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study suggests new interpretation about ancient mathematician Archimedes' 'method'. For this, we examined the core issue related to the interpretation of the 'method' and identified the unclear relation between the principle of the lever and the indivisibles, both of which have consisted of the main point of arguments. And by having conducted the exploratory historical guesswork about Archimedes' careful use of indivisibles, we make a hypothesis that the role of the principle of the lever in Archimedes' 'method' should be the control of ratio of change.
Keywords
Archimedes; method; principle of lever; indivisibles; ratio of change;
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