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Portrait of William Jones by William Hogarth, 1740 National Portrait Gallery
Portrait of William Jones by William Hogarth, 1740 National Portrait Gallery
Jones' usage of π
Jones' usage of π
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Archimedes developed the polygonal approach to approximating π.
Archimedes developed the polygonal approach to approximating π.
Isaac Newton used infinite series to compute π to 15 digits, later writing "I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations"
Isaac Newton used infinite series to compute π to 15 digits, later writing "I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations".
The earliest known use of the Greek letter π to represent the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter was by Welsh mathematician William Jon
The earliest known use of the Greek letter π to represent the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter was by Welsh mathematician William Jones in 1706
Leonhard Euler popularized the use of the Greek letter π in works he published in 1736 and 1748.
Leonhard Euler popularized the use of the Greek letter π in works he published in 1736 and 1748.