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Viète's formula

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An infinite product of nested radicals representing the constant pi: specifically, 2/π=

Word forms

Viète's formula

Etymology

Named after François Viète (1540–1603), who published it in 1593 in his work Variorum de rebus mathematicis responsorum, liber VIII.

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