Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-zzh7m Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-29T20:30:20.876Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

100.29 Some odd series for π

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2016

Amrik Nimbran
Affiliation:
B3/304, Palm Grove Heights, Ardee City, Sector 52, Gurgaon (Haryana), India122002
Paul Levrie
Affiliation:
Faculty of Applied Engineering, University of Antwerp, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven, P.O. Box 2402, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium e-mail: paul.levrie@cs.kuleuven.be

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 2016 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1. Roy, R., The discovery of the series formula for π by Leibniz, Gregory and Nilakantha, Math. Mag. 63 (1990) pp. 291306.Google Scholar
2. Leibniz, G. W., De vera proportione circuli ad quadratum circumscriptum in numeris rationalibus, Acta Eruditorum 1 (1682), pp. 4146.Google Scholar
3. Olver, F. W. J., Lozier, D. W. and Boisvert, R. F., NIST handbook of mathematical functions, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York (2010).Google Scholar