In 1655 the English mathematician John Wallis published a book in which he derived a formula for pi as the product of an infinite series of ratios. Now researchers, in a surprise discovery, have found ...
A nearly 400 year-old formula for pi has been spotted in a quantum-mechanics formula for the energy states of the hydrogen atom, according to researchers in the US. Derived by English mathematician ...
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A 100-year-old pi trick might hint at deeper cosmic secrets
For more than a century, Srinivasa Ramanujan’s uncanny formulas for the number pi have looked like pure mathematical ...
Everybody knows the value of pi is 3.14…er, something, but how many people know where the ratio came from? Actually, the ratio came from nature—it’s the ratio between the circumference of a circle and ...
How irrational is it to carve out a day for pi? Many mathematicians across the country are celebrating the transcendental number Saturday by sharing fun facts, attending events, or gorging themselves ...
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 10, 2015 - In 1655 the English mathematician John Wallis published a book in which he derived a formula for pi as the product of an infinite series of ratios. Now ...
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