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Traces the thread of pi through the long history of mathematics. This book touches upon many major subjects in mathematics: geometry (of course), number theory, Galois theory, probability, transcendental numbers, analysis, and, as their crown jewel, the theory of elliptic functions, which connects many of the other subjects.

Table of Contents
Measurement of the circle; Wallis's formula and some others; Euler, Euler again, always Euler; Squaring the circle; $pi$ and elliptic integrals; Solutions to the exercises; Bibliography; Index

The Number Pi

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      Publisher American Mathematical Society
      Published 2/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780821832462
      978-0821832462
      ISBN-10 0821832468

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Traces the thread of pi through the long history of mathematics. This book touches upon many major subjects in mathematics: geometry (of course), number theory, Galois theory, probability, transcendental numbers, analysis, and, as their crown jewel, the theory of elliptic functions, which connects many of the other subjects.

      Table of Contents
      Measurement of the circle; Wallis's formula and some others; Euler, Euler again, always Euler; Squaring the circle; $pi$ and elliptic integrals; Solutions to the exercises; Bibliography; Index

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