English Dictionary

method of indivisibles

固有名詞

廃用

(mathematics, obsolete) An 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.

日本語の意味

点の無限集合を用いて線を、線の無限集合を用いて面を、面の無限集合を用いて立体を捉える、初期の微積分的手法。 / 数学において、曲線や曲面、立体をそれぞれ無限個の基本要素（点、線、面）で表現し計算する、古典的な計算法。 / 面積や体積を求める際、対象を不可分な単位（無限に小さい部分）に分解して考える、歴史的な解析手法。

The historian of mathematics wrote an article on the method of indivisibles and its influence on early calculus.

数学史家は、不可分法とそれが初期の微積分に与えた影響についての論文を書いた。

意味（1）

(mathematics, obsolete) An 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.

the method of indivisibles （ canonical ）