A `lost' chapter in the calculation of \(\pi\): Baron Zach and MS Bodleian 949

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2015.01.002zbMath1325.01013OpenAlexW2014581751MaRDI QIDQ492787

Benjamin Wardhaugh

Publication date: 21 August 2015

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2015.01.002

zbMATH Keywords

piBaron Zachevaluation of constantsmathematical tables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Evaluation of number-theoretic constants (11Y60)

Uses Software

• WolframAlpha

Cites Work

• ``A valuable monument of mathematical genius: The Ladies' Diary(1704-1840)
• Birth, growth and computation of pi to ten trillion digits
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