Method of indivisibles

Proper noun

Definitions

1.Proper nounAn old kind of calculus in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.

Synonyms

indivisible cavalieri's principle integral involutivity infinity interval integral calculus indecomposable iterated integral implicit function infinitesimal analysis integrable function

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