Re: Re: one-liner pi


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Re: Re: one-liner pi

by zeno (Friar)

on Feb 15, 2001 at 14:37 UTC ( [id://58595]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Hi japhy,
Correct! I'm still looking for a little something more, though (I did ++ you). This algorithm historically is attributed to someone. Do you know who that someone is? (Hint: He's dead)
-zeno

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Re: Re: Re: one-liner pi by MrNobo1024 (Hermit) on Feb 15, 2001 at 20:57 UTC
Gregory and Leibniz both discovered that formula.	[reply]
Re: (MrNobo1024) one-liner pi by zeno (Friar) on Feb 16, 2001 at 00:31 UTC
You're right! They both discovered this algorithm independently of each other in the 1670's. -zeno	[reply]

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