Title
Calculating Pi: from Antiquity to Modern Times
Authors
George Beck
Organization:
Wolfram Research, Inc.
Department:
Plannning & Project Management
Michael Trott
Organization:
Wolfram Research, Inc.
Department:
Scientific Information Group
Description
A survey of the many methods used to approximate Pi. For example, pictured here is the Pie Wedge method.
Subjects
Applied Mathematics
>
Numerical Methods
>
Approximation Theory
Mathematics
>
Number Theory
Keywords
Approximation, Method of Archimedes, Vieta's Formula
URL
http://documents.wolfram.com/v5/Demos/Notebooks/CalculatingPi.html
http://functions.wolfram.com/Constants/Pi/
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Pi.html
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A survey of the many methods used to approximate Pi. For example, pictured here is the Pie Wedge method.
