MATH Seminar

Title: Leibniz, Nilakantha, Euler and Pi
Seminar: Algebra and Number Theory
Speaker: Manuel Ojanguren of EPFL
Contact: R. Parimala, parimala@mathcs.emory.edu
Date: 2012-05-08 at 3:00PM
Venue: W304
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Abstract: This elementary talk will discuss some historical and mathematical aspects of different series involving $\pi$ that were discovered between 1400 and 1995.