The Quadrature of the Parabola
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:philosophy
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Archimedes
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| gptkbp:contains |
24 propositions
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| gptkbp:dateWritten |
circa 3rd century BCE
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
early use of infinitesimals
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Quadrature of the Parabola
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| gptkbp:influenced |
calculus
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| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek
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| gptkbp:method |
method of exhaustion
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| gptkbp:preservedIn |
gptkb:Archimedes'_works
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| gptkbp:provenBy |
area formula for parabolic segments
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:On_the_Sphere_and_Cylinder
gptkb:The_Method_of_Mechanical_Theorems |
| gptkbp:result |
area of a parabolic segment is 4/3 the area of a certain inscribed triangle
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:geometry
parabola |
| gptkbp:writtenBy |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Archimedes
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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