Modernizing Archimedes’ Construction of <i>π</i>
In his famous work, “Measurement of a Circle,” Archimedes described a procedure for measuring both the circumference of a circle and the area it bounds. Implicit in his work is the idea that his procedure defines these quantities. Modern approaches for defining <inline-formula><math display...
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MDPI AG
2020-12-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/8/12/2204 |