Timeline for π based on the perimeter of inscribed polygons [closed]
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| Apr 13, 2016 at 14:46 | vote | accept | L. Petrie | ||
| Apr 13, 2016 at 14:46 | comment | added | L. Petrie | I appreciate the comments and shared information, so a thanks to all who answered. It's slightly disappointing that this work was already understood and that this is not quite the right place to post it, but I suspected such would be true. It was fun anyways. A good learning experience in both aspects. | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 23:49 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | Three books that might interest you: (1) Berggren and Borwein, Pi: a source book. Third edition. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004. ISBN: 0-387-20571-3 (2) Eymard and Lafon, The number π. American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2004. ISBN: 0-8218-3246-8 (3) Arndt and Haenel, Pi—unleashed. Second edition. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2001. ISBN: 3-540-66572-2 | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 18:12 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | A variation on your question which might be good for math.stackexchange would be to start with asking for references for geometric constructions that lead to good approximations of $\pi$. You could then mention a brief version of the result you are interested in (reduce it to about a fourth of what you wrote) and say that references to that result in particular would be appreciated. Finally, you can start or include your work on your own weblog, again with a reference request, that may be useful in later research/correspondence. Gerhard "It Has Been Done Before" Paseman, 2016.04.12. | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 17:27 | history | closed |
Francois Ziegler Steven Gubkin Franz Lemmermeyer Gerald Edgar Dima Pasechnik |
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| Apr 12, 2016 at 17:20 | answer | added | user1073 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 16:41 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 12, 2016 at 16:26 | comment | added | Steven Gubkin | This is all very nice for a high school or beginning college student. It shows you have real passion for mathematics. You have a bright future ahead of you! Unfortunately, this is not at the level of research that a professional mathematician conducts, and so is not appropriate for this site. It is also not appropriate for math.stackexchange because it does not really ask a mathematical question. The answer is that this formula has almost certain been discovered by thousands of people over the years, and probably appears in print in many places. | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 16:03 | comment | added | Mikhail Katz | For a formula for $\pi$ without any trig functions at all see this popular question. | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 16:01 | history | edited | Stefan Kohl♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Fixed a typo in the title; fixed LaTeX syntax in one instance; added top-level tag.
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| Apr 12, 2016 at 15:54 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 12, 2016 at 15:52 | history | asked | L. Petrie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |