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Mathematics
 Tops in the nation: Rowan chapter wins 11 PRSSA awards | More The latest version of CLAS notes is available for download in the newsletters section. Events upcoming events Mathematics Colloquium Rowan University Speaker: Tom Osler, Mathematics Department Title: Three Famous Formulas for Pi and Surprising Relations That They Share Date: Wednesday September 17, 2008 at 11am Room: Robinson 310 Abstract: Three of the oldest and most celebrated formulas for pi are: (1) (2) (3)
The first is Vieta’s product of nested radicals from 1592. The second is Wallis’s product of rational numbers from 1656 and the third is Lord Brouncker’s continued fraction, also from 1656. We show surprising relations between all three. The talk is appropriate for anyone with a background in calculus. All our invited to attend
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