OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
This constant is the lesser limit to the value of sqrt(3) used by Archimedes in the calculation of Pi.
REFERENCES
Petr Beckmann, A History of Pi, 3rd Ed., Boulder, Colorado: The Golem Press (1974): p. 66.
William Dunham, Journey Through Genius, Wiley, 1990, Chapter 3, p. 98.
LINKS
Kevin Brown, Archimedes and the square root of 3, MathPages.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1).
EXAMPLE
1.732026143790849673202614379084967320261...
MATHEMATICA
First[RealDigits[N[265/153, 88]]]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Stefano Spezia, Jul 14 2022
STATUS
approved
