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The History of Calculus: Archimedes
Student-Run Research| Speaker: | King David Manga, UC Davis |
| Location: | 2112 MSB |
| Start time: | Wed, May 24 2006, 12:10PM |
Description
Archimedes was the the first mathematician(after the Egyptian) to
calculate the integral over x2. Using 3 ways approach, he arrived in 3
results. These 3 results have very different geometric appearance and
the result of the answer involve 1/3.