ccepted facts (postulates) and logical deductions. It had an enormous impact on mathematical thought
and became the model for the development of a mathematical system.
During the 200's B.C., the Greek mathematician and physicist Archimedes used the “method of
exhaustion” to find many formulas for the volume and surface areas of solids and to calculate a highly
accurate value for pi (the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter).