Search results
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
- [[Archimedes]] used [[polygon]]s to approximate a [[circle]], and to calculate an approx [[File:Archimedes pi.svg|center]] ...757 bytes (119 words) - 08:34, 12 February 2016
- ...s an infinite sequence of approximations to determine an area or a volume. Archimedes succeeded in summing what is now called a [[geometric series]]. ...4 KB (629 words) - 19:19, 23 January 2015
- In ''On Spirals,'' [[Archimedes]] describes the [[Archimedean spiral]], a function whose radius depends on ...7 KB (982 words) - 12:04, 27 August 2017
- ...ristotle]], came up with an answer to the philosophical question. It was [[Archimedes]], however, who came up with a mathematical solution using his [[method of ...7 KB (1,081 words) - 10:05, 24 June 2017
- * ''c.'' 250 BC [[Archimedes]] writes the ''[[Sand Reckoner]]'', which takes decimal calculation up to < ...7 KB (903 words) - 08:27, 1 October 2016
- ...the [[area]] of the [[polygon|shape]] to find pi. The Greek philosopher [[Archimedes]], for example, used a [[polygon]] shape that had 96 sides in order to find ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 17:17, 31 July 2017
- || [[Pi]], [[Archimedes]] constant | [[Pi (mathematical constant)|Pi]], Archimedes' constant or Ludoph's number || π || ≈3.141592653589793 ...41 KB (4,624 words) - 01:45, 25 December 2015