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Value of π

Nature volume 157, page 342 (1946)Cite this article

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IN 1853 there appeared, in a paper by W. Rutherford, the value of the constant? to 530 decimals, calculated by W. Shanks. This was eventually extended by Shanks to 607, and in 1873 to 707 decimals.

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    D. F. FERGUSON

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FERGUSON, D. Value of π. Nature 157, 342 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157342c0

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