A theorem from Archimedes on the area of a circle is proved in a setting where some inconsistency is permissible, by using paraconsistent reasoning. The new proof emphasizes that the famous method of exhaustion gives approximations of areas closer than any consistent quantity. This is equivalent to the classical theorem in a classical context, but not in a context where it is possible that there are inconsistent innitesimals. The area of the circle is taken 'up to inconsistency'. The fact that the core of Archimedes's proof still works in a weaker logic is evidence that the integral calculus and analysis more generally are still practicable even in the event of inconsistency
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One of the theorems of Nicole Oresme's (ca. 1320-1382) says that, for two points moving uniformly bu...
Bolyai ended his 1832 introduction to non-Euclidean geometry with a strategy for constructing regula...
Paraconsistency is the study of logical systems with a non-explosive negation such that a pair of co...
Proofs that the area of a circle is ?r2 can be found in mathematical literature dating as far back a...
This paper begins an analysis of the real line using an inconsistency-tolerant (paraconsistent) logi...
Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287-212 BCE) is often referred to as the greatest mathematician of antiqu...
This paper provides the proof of invalidity of the most fundamental constant known to mankind. Imagi...
Abstract. We answer the question: who first proved that C/d is a con-stant? We argue that Archimedes...
This note shows that an alleged error in a proof by Archimedes is actually attributable to a modern ...
Good mathematics stands the test of time. As culture changes, we often ask different questions, brin...
Comments on Archimedes' theorem about sphere and cylinderIn his treatise addressed to Dositheus of P...
. The theorem prover Isabelle is used to formalise and reproduce some of the styles of reasoning use...
This paper explores Archimedes’ works in conoids, which are three dimensional versions of conic sect...
In a recent paper by Wilamowsky et al. [6], an intuitive proof of the area of the circle dating back...
The article provides information on the misconceptions in solving perimeter, area, volume and mass a...
One of the theorems of Nicole Oresme's (ca. 1320-1382) says that, for two points moving uniformly bu...
Bolyai ended his 1832 introduction to non-Euclidean geometry with a strategy for constructing regula...
Paraconsistency is the study of logical systems with a non-explosive negation such that a pair of co...