穷竭法

Traditional form:

窮竭法

Pinyin (reading):

qióngjiéfǎ

Definitions:

• Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)

Characters:

• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 竭 - to exhaust; to put forth great effort
• 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French

Traditional characters:

• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 竭 - to exhaust; to put forth great effort
• 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French