Revista de Matemática: Teoría y Aplicaciones ISSN Impreso: 1409-2433 ISSN electrónico: 2215-3373

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The planimeter
Vol. 14 No. 2 (2007), Articles
Vol. 14 No. 2 (2007)

The planimeter

Articles
https://doi.org/10.15517/rmta.v14i2.39320
Published July 1, 2007
Bruce H. Edwards
Department of Mathematics, P.O. Box 118105 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 U.S.A.
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Keywords

Planimeter
area
Green’s theorem
Planímetro
área
Teorema de Green

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Edwards, B. H. (2007). The planimeter. Revista De Matemática: Teoría Y Aplicaciones, 14(2), 177–182. https://doi.org/10.15517/rmta.v14i2.39320
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Abstract

We show how the planimeter is used for the estimation area. For example, it could be used for measuring the area of trees’ leaves, the size of a city or the area of a planar section of a human’s organ cut.

https://doi.org/10.15517/rmta.v14i2.39320
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References

Gatterdam, R.W. (1981) “The planimeter as an example of Green’s theorem”, The American Mathematical Monthly 88(9): 701–704.

Lowell, L.I. (1954) “Comments on the polar planimeter”, The American Mathematical Monthly 61(7): 467–469.

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