Fermat's method of integration

Author:
James Ramsden
Topic:
Calculus, Definite Integral, Integral Calculus, Sequences and Series

Fermat's Method of Integration

By using an infinite series of rectangles in a geometric progression, Fermat found a method relate the limit of this series to the integral of for . Increase the number of rectangles by using the slider for n. The numerical approximation will tend to the integral as the slider for .