The Chinese concept of Cavalieri's principle and its applications

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(85)90020-5zbMath0592.01004OpenAlexW1967062328MaRDI QIDQ1075303

Kangsheng Shen, Lay-Yong Lam

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(85)90020-5

zbMATH Keywords

Liu HuiCavalieri principleMei Wendingmou he fang gaivolume of sphereXu YourenZu Geng

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History of measure and integration (28-03)

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