The Discovery of the Series Formula for π by Leibniz, Gregory and Nilakantha

DOI10.2307/2690896zbMATH Open0727.01007OpenAlexW4245755434WikidataQ28315480 ScholiaQ28315480MaRDI QIDQ3348869FDOQ3348869

Authors: Ranjan Roy 

Publication date: 1990

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2690896

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zbMATH Keywords

arctan series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of Indian mathematics (01A32) History of sequences, series, summability (40-03)

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