scientific article; zbMATH DE number 873415

MaRDI QIDQ4876459zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors David Romano

Publication date 5 May 1996

zbMATH Keywords

value for \(\pi\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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