The Archimedes Palimpsest: Infinite Possibilities

Reviel Netz

What we know of Archimedes comes from Medieval manuscripts. By far the most important is a palimpsest - a medieval copy erased and overwritten with a prayer book. Transcribing the Archimedes Palimpsest, we have gained in the last decade new insight into Archimedes' mathematics. The talk will present two such insights, one concerning the infinite, the other concerning possibilities.

Additional resources for this talk: slides, video.