Re: Archimedes Pi Algorithm

From: Ken Pledger <ken.pledger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 08:48:24 +1300

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dave <davidsnow6767@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, I was wondering if anybody could explain to me how to generally use
> Archimedes Algorithm to calculate pi. My main problem is: how can you find
> the perimeters of an n-sided polygon inside and outside a unit circle without
> using trigonometry??? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!

Go to the fountainhead! "Measurement of a Circle" Proposition 3
is in T. L. Heath (ed.), "The Works of Archimedes" (Dover reprint), pp.
93-98.

Ken Pledger.
.

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