Vieta’s product for pi from the Archimedean algorithm

DOI10.1017/S0025557200008123zbMath1383.11130OpenAlexW2210452499MaRDI QIDQ5351652

Thomas J. Osler, Sky Waterpeace

Publication date: 30 August 2017

Published in: The Mathematical Gazette (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025557200008123

zbMATH Keywords

nested radicalsVieta's productArchimedean iterative algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) Evaluation of number-theoretic constants (11Y60) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Convergence and divergence of infinite products (40A20)

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• Mathematics and Its History
• The Life of π: From Archimedes to ENIAC and Beyond

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