Cavalieri's principle

modern implementation of the method of indivisibles
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Cavalieri's principle

Summary

Cavalieri's principle is a method[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Cavalieri's principle's instance of is recorded as method[3].
  • Cavalieri's principle's instance of is recorded as mathematical theory[4].
  • Bonaventura Cavalieri is named after Cavalieri's principle[5].
  • Zu Gengzhi is named after Cavalieri's principle[6].
  • Cavalieri's principle is part of theory of integration on product spaces[7].
  • Cavalieri's principle's Commons category is recorded as Cavalieri's principle[8].
  • Cavalieri's principle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cavalieri's principle[9].
  • Cavalieri's principle's different from is recorded as Cavalieri's quadrature formula[10].
  • Cavalieri's principle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include method[3] and mathematical theory[4].

Origins

Things named after include Bonaventura Cavalieri[5], a mathematician[12], 1598–1647[13], of Duchy of Milan[14], specialised in mathematics[15] and Zu Gengzhi[6], a mathematician[16], 0480–0525[17], of Northern and Southern dynasties[18].

Use and Application

Cavalieri's principle is part of theory of integration on product spaces[7].

Why It Matters

Cavalieri's principle has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Named after
    Named after Bonaventura Cavalieri, Zu Gengzhi
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