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A Study on the Characteristic of Formation of Cavalier's Principle  

Park, Sun-Yong (Department of Mathematics Education, Yeungnam University)
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Journal for History of Mathematics / v.24, no.2, 2011 , pp. 17-30 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study inquires into the change between two method of indivisibles, which Cavalier suggested. To cope with the objection of use of indivisibles, he modified his first method of indivisibles. Through the analysis of this transition, this study reveals the feature that Cavalier changed into reflecting the density of the figures so as to avoid the paradox related to the indivisibles and this change has the aspect of incomplete lemma-incorporation method according to Lakatos' theory.
Keywords
Cavalier's principle; indivisibles;
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