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The Life of π: From Archimedes to ENIAC and Beyond

In: From Alexandria, Through Baghdad

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  • Jonathan M. Borwein

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The desire to understand π, the challenge, and originally the need, to calculate ever more accurate values of π, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, has captured mathematicians— great and less great — for many centuries. And, especially recently, π has provided compelling examples of computational mathematics. π, uniquely in mathematics, is pervasive in popular culture and the popular imagination. In this paper, I intersperse a largely chronological account of π’s mathematical and numerical status with examples of its ubiquity.

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  • Jonathan M. Borwein, 2014. "The Life of π: From Archimedes to ENIAC and Beyond," Springer Books, in: Nathan Sidoli & Glen Van Brummelen (ed.), From Alexandria, Through Baghdad, edition 127, pages 531-561, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-36736-6_24
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6_24
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