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The Greek Method of Exhaustion: Leading the Way to Modern Integration

DeSouza, Chelsea E.

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2012, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Mathematics.
This paper is a critical look at the Method of Exhaustion and how it is related to some of the more modern techniques of integration. This text moves through the development of the Method of Exhaustion to some applications. These applications include estimating the area of a circle using the Method of Exhaustion, and finding the exact area of a parabolic region by Archimedes quadrature of the parabola. These ideas are extensively developed and all constructions and proofs are given in the text and appendices. Similar techniques are then suggested to the reader to extend these results to find certain volumes in the appendix. Finally, a comparison is drawn between the Method of Exhaustion and integration techniques taught in modern classroom settings.
Herb Clemens, PhD (Advisor)
Rodica Costin, PhD (Committee Chair)
65 p.

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  • DeSouza, C. E. (2012). The Greek Method of Exhaustion: Leading the Way to Modern Integration [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338326658

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • DeSouza, Chelsea. The Greek Method of Exhaustion: Leading the Way to Modern Integration. 2012. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338326658.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • DeSouza, Chelsea. "The Greek Method of Exhaustion: Leading the Way to Modern Integration." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338326658

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)