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English: Archimedes' Pi approximation

Español: Método de aproximación del número π de Arquímedes.

Français : Approximation de Pi par la méthode d'Archimède

Italiano: Approssimazione di Pi con il metodo di Archimede

Nederlands: Archimedes' benadering van Pi

Deutsch: Archimedes' Annäherung an Pi

Polski: Metoda Archimedesa aproksymacji Pi

Date

2006-10-06

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Leszek Krupinski

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This is hardly how Archimedes approximated Pi, he didn't go from regular pentagon, to hexagon to ocatgon, but started with a regular hexagon and doubled the number of sides.

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