Elementargeometrische Integrationen von Pascal. (Integrations by Pascal using elementary geometry)

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Authors Hans Loeffel

Publication date 1986

Published in Elemente der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/141381

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic triangleintegration by partsPascal

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of real functions (26-03)

Review text

This paper describes the geometrical methods used by Pascal in his Traité des sinus du quart de cercle to compute areas which correspond, in our calculus terminology, to the integration of sin x and \(\sin^ 2x\). Emphasis is put on the use of the famous characteristic triangle and on a technique of the integration by parts type.

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