Lord Brouncker's forgotten sequence of continued fractions for pi
DOI10.1080/00207390903189195zbMATH Open1292.97023OpenAlexW2008391384WikidataQ99705170 ScholiaQ99705170MaRDI QIDQ3552010FDOQ3552010
Authors: Thomas J. Osler 
Publication date: 19 April 2010
Published in: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207390903189195
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- An Elegant Continued Fraction for π
- The arithmetic of infinitesimals. Translated from the Latin and with an introduction by Jaqueline A. Stedall
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