Abraham Bar Hiyya - Math

Math

Avraam proved by geometro-mechanical method of indivisibles the following equation for any circle: S = LxR/2, where S is the square, L is the circumference length and R is radius.
The same proof as appears in Babylonian Talmud of Vilna edition, Succa 8A:


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