Template:Pi box
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a series of articles
on the
mathematical constant
π
3.14159
26535
89793
23846
26433...
Uses
Area of a circle
Circumference
Use in other formulae
Properties
Irrationality
Transcendence
Value
Less than 22/7
Approximations
Madhava's correction term
Memorization
People
Archimedes
Liu Hui
Zu Chongzhi
Aryabhata
Madhava
Jamshīd al-Kāshī
Ludolph van Ceulen
François Viète
Seki Takakazu
Takebe Kenko
William Jones
John Machin
William Shanks
Srinivasa Ramanujan
John Wrench
Chudnovsky brothers
Yasumasa Kanada
History
Chronology
A History of Pi
In culture
Indiana pi bill
Pi Day
Related topics
Squaring the circle
Basel problem
Six nines in
π
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π
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People
Main article:
Chronology of computation of
π
People are ordered by their birth year.
Archimedes
(c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC)
Liu Hui
(3rd century)
Zu Chongzhi
(429–500)
Aryabhata
(476–550)
Madhava
(1340–1425)
Jamshīd al-Kāshī
(c. 1380–1429)
Ludolph van Ceulen
(1540–1610)
François Viète
(1540–1603)
Seki Takakazu
(1642–1708)
Takebe Katahiro
(1664–1739)
William Jones
(1675–1749)
John Machin
(1686–1751)
William Shanks
(1812–1882)
John Wrench
(October 13, 1911 – February 27, 2009)
Chudnovsky brothers
(David Volfovich in 1947; Gregory Volfovich in 1952)
Yasumasa Kanada
(1949–)
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