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A Note on Cavalieri Integration

by M. A. Malik (Concordia University)

This article originally appeared in:
Mathematics Magazine
March, 1984

Subject classification(s): Mathematics History
Applicable Course(s): 4.8 History of Math

Aspects of Bonaventura Cavalieri`s geometric work, a prelude to integration in the calculus, are described and discussed.

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