Richard Harrison wrote:
There was a PBS special here today on "The Method" one of the books
written by Archimedes, a copy of which was recently sold at auction for
2 million dollars.

Very interesting program. Archimedes apparently developed an elementary
calculus involving infinity 300 years before Jesus was born.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


Aristotle wrote that the Greek mathematicians didn't have any need for
infinity and never used it. Archimedes said that his "Method" wasn't a
proof but a means of mathematical exploration. He also said that
Democritus used infinitesimal methods before he did. Democritus
was born around 460 B.C. The Babylonians... aw, forget it.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH