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A 'lost' chapter in the calculation of π: Baron Zach and MS Bodleian 949

Abstract:
The Bodleian library holds a manuscript containing mathematical tables and a calculation of π to 154 decimal places, last described (in part) in 1802. This paper provides an outline of the manuscript's contents and relates it to contemporary developments in the computation of π.
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10.1016/j.hm.2015.01.002

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University of Oxford
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Oxford, Colleges and Halls
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Publisher:
Elsevier
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Historia Mathematica More from this journal
Volume:
42
Issue:
3
Pages:
343-351
Publication date:
2015-02-12
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1090-249X
ISSN:
0315-0860


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2016-06-16

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