A simple geometric method of estimating the error in using Vieta's product forπ

DOI10.1080/00207390601002799zbMath1264.97006OpenAlexW1987867849WikidataQ56004853 ScholiaQ56004853MaRDI QIDQ4928897

Thomas J. Osler

Publication date: 19 June 2013

Published in: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207390601002799

zbMATH Keywords

error estimationgeometrical method\(\pi\)Vieta's product

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Roundoff error (65G50) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Numerical approximation and computational geometry (primarily algorithms) (65D99) Plane and solid geometry (educational aspects) (97G40) Plane and spherical trigonometry (educational aspects) (97G60) Rounding, estimation, theory of errors (educational aspects) (97N20)

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Cites Work

• The Union of Vieta's and Wallis's Products for Pi

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