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

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CalculatingPi.nb (228.6 KB) - Mathematica Notebook
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