The tables of John Wallis and the discovery of his product π

DOI10.1017/S0025557200001728zbMath1383.11003OpenAlexW2465531665MaRDI QIDQ5277855

Thomas J. Osler

Publication date: 12 July 2017

Published in: The Mathematical Gazette (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025557200001728

zbMATH Keywords

infinite productsapproximation of \(\pi\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Evaluation of number-theoretic constants (11Y60)

Cites Work

• Wallis's product, Brouncker's continued fraction, and Leibniz's series
• The arithmetic of infinitesimals. Translated from the Latin and with an introduction by Jaqueline A. Stedall
• The Union of Vieta's and Wallis's Products for Pi
• Catching Proteus: the collaborations of Wallis and Brounker. I. Squaring the circle

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