Decimal periods and their tables: a German research topic (1765--1801)

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2008.09.004zbMath1176.01002OpenAlexW2022909725MaRDI QIDQ1017716

Maarten Bullynck

Publication date: 12 May 2009

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2008.09.004

zbMATH Keywords

Gaussmathematical tablesLambertHindenburgcomputation of \(\pi \)decimal periods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of number theory (11-03) Congruences; primitive roots; residue systems (11A07) Evaluation of number-theoretic constants (11Y60) Factorization (11Y05)

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