John Ward's method for the calculation of pi

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(81)90025-2zbMath0461.01004OpenAlexW1990483703MaRDI QIDQ1152349

Graeme L. Cohen, Anthony Shannon

Publication date: 1981

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(81)90025-2

zbMATH Keywords

brief expositioncalculation of piJohn Ward's geometric method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Approximation by polynomials (41A10) History of approximations and expansions (41-03)

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