OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The 6th-century Hindu mathematician Aryabhata used this constant as value of Pi in the Aryabhatiya, written in A.D. 499.
REFERENCES
Petr Beckmann, A History of Pi, 3rd Ed., Boulder, Colorado: The Golem Press (1974): pp. 26-27.
Jan Gullberg, Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers, W. W. Norton & Co., NY & London, 1997, ยง3.6 The Quest for Pi, p. 91.
FORMULA
Equals sqrt(98694)/100.
EXAMPLE
3.14156012197761384812986540...
MATHEMATICA
First[RealDigits[N[3Sqrt[5483/2]/50, 90]]]
PROG
(PARI) 3*sqrt(5483/2)/50 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 19 2026
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Stefano Spezia, Jul 08 2022
STATUS
approved
