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  2. The Method of Mechanical Theorems - Wikipedia

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    The base of the cone is a circle of radius 2, with area , while the height is 2, so the area is /. Subtracting the volume of the cone from the volume of the cylinder gives the volume of the sphere: = =. The dependence of the volume of the sphere on the radius is obvious from scaling, although that also was not trivial to make rigorous back then.

  3. On the Sphere and Cylinder - Wikipedia

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    On the Sphere and Cylinder (Greek: Περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου) is a treatise that was published by Archimedes in two volumes c. 225 BCE. [1] It most notably details how to find the surface area of a sphere and the volume of the contained ball and the analogous values for a cylinder, and was the first to do so. [2]

  4. Pappus's centroid theorem - Wikipedia

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    The theorem applied to an open cylinder, cone and a sphere to obtain their surface areas. The centroids are at a distance a (in red) from the axis of rotation.. In mathematics, Pappus's centroid theorem (also known as the Guldinus theorem, Pappus–Guldinus theorem or Pappus's theorem) is either of two related theorems dealing with the surface areas and volumes of surfaces and solids of ...

  5. Spherical sector - Wikipedia

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    Intersection of a sphere and cone emanating from its center. A spherical sector (blue) A spherical sector. In geometry, a spherical sector, [1] also known as a spherical cone, [2] is a portion of a sphere or of a ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere. It can be described as the union of a spherical cap and the ...

  6. Cavalieri's principle - Wikipedia

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    In the 3rd century BC, Archimedes, using a method resembling Cavalieri's principle, [5] was able to find the volume of a sphere given the volumes of a cone and cylinder in his work The Method of Mechanical Theorems. In the 5th century AD, Zu Chongzhi and his son Zu Gengzhi established a similar method to find a sphere's volume. [2]

  7. Napkin ring problem - Wikipedia

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    For a larger sphere, the band will be thinner but longer. In geometry, the napkin-ring problem involves finding the volume of a "band" of specified height around a sphere, i.e. the part that remains after a hole in the shape of a circular cylinder is drilled through the center of the sphere. It is a counterintuitive fact that this volume does ...

  8. Euclidean geometry - Wikipedia

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    A sphere has 2/3 the volume and surface area of its circumscribing cylinder. A sphere and cylinder were placed on the tomb of Archimedes at his request. Archimedes (c. 287 BCE – c. 212 BCE), a colorful figure about whom many historical anecdotes are recorded, is remembered along with Euclid as one of the greatest of ancient mathematicians.

  9. List of formulas in elementary geometry - Wikipedia

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    Pyramids. Tetrahedron. Cone. Cylinder. Sphere. Ellipsoid. This is a list of volume formulas of basic shapes: [4]: 405–406. Cone – , where is the base 's radius. Cube – , where is the side's length;