Timeline for How did Euler calculate $i^i$?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
6 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2021 at 16:02 | vote | accept | Jochen Wengenroth | ||
| Jul 10, 2021 at 11:05 | answer | added | Carlo Beenakker | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jul 10, 2021 at 9:49 | comment | added | Lucian | See chronology of computation of pi. | |
| Jul 10, 2021 at 9:27 | comment | added | François Brunault | Another possibility is Newton's method for the equation $\log x = -\pi/2$. For better convergence, solve $\log x = -\pi/2^m$ for some $m$ instead, and then, $(m-1)$ times, square $x$. | |
| Jul 10, 2021 at 7:16 | comment | added | vidyarthi | Probably using Napier's tables and the series expansion of $e$. Or, maybe he used continued fraction of $e^x$ for more accuracy. | |
| Jul 10, 2021 at 6:51 | history | asked | Jochen Wengenroth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |