method of indivisibles
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development by Cavalieri
By 1629, when he was appointed professor of mathematics of the University of Bologna, Cavalieri had completely developed his method of indivisibles, a means of determining the size of geometric figures similar to the methods of integral calculus. He delayed publishing his results for six years out of deference to Galileo, who planned a similar work. Cavalieri’s work appeared in 1635 and was...
...not up to the rigorous standards of today and criticized by “classicist” contemporaries (who were unaware that Archimedes himself had explored similar techniques), Cavalieri’s method of indivisibles became a standard tool for solving volumes until the introduction of integral calculus near the end of the 17th century.
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