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  2. Basel problem - Wikipedia

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    The Basel problem is a problem in mathematical analysis with relevance to number theory, concerning an infinite sum of inverse squares. It was first posed by Pietro Mengoli in 1650 and solved by Leonhard Euler in 1734, [1] and read on 5 December 1735 in The Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. [2] Since the problem had withstood the attacks of ...

  3. Area of a circle - Wikipedia

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    The circumference is 2 π r, and the area of a triangle is half the base times the height, yielding the area π r 2 for the disk. Prior to Archimedes, Hippocrates of Chios was the first to show that the area of a disk is proportional to the square of its diameter, as part of his quadrature of the lune of Hippocrates , [ 2 ] but did not identify ...

  4. List of formulae involving π - Wikipedia

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    where A is the area of a squircle with minor radius r, is the gamma function. A = ( k + 1 ) ( k + 2 ) π r 2 {\displaystyle A=(k+1)(k+2)\pi r^{2}} where A is the area of an epicycloid with the smaller circle of radius r and the larger circle of radius kr ( k ∈ N {\displaystyle k\in \mathbb {N} } ), assuming the initial point lies on the ...

  5. Inverse-square law - Wikipedia

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    He explains that F and Φ obey the relationships F ∝ 1 / R² sinh²(r/R) and Φ ∝ coth(r/R), where R represents the curvature radius and r represents the distance from the focal point. The concept of spatial dimensionality, first proposed by Immanuel Kant, remains a topic of debate concerning the inverse-square law. [12]

  6. Squaring the circle - Wikipedia

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    e. Squaring the circle is a problem in geometry first proposed in Greek mathematics. It is the challenge of constructing a square with the area of a given circle by using only a finite number of steps with a compass and straightedge. The difficulty of the problem raised the question of whether specified axioms of Euclidean geometry concerning ...

  7. The digits of pi extend into infinity, and pi is itself an irrational number, meaning it can’t be truly represented by an integer fraction (the one we often learn in school, 22/7, is not very ...

  8. Mathematical constant - Wikipedia

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    The circumference of a circle with diameter 1 is π. A mathematical constant is a number whose value is fixed by an unambiguous definition, often referred to by a special symbol (e.g., an alphabet letter), or by mathematicians' names to facilitate using it across multiple mathematical problems. [1] Constants arise in many areas of mathematics ...

  9. Gaussian integral - Wikipedia

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    Integral of the Gaussian function, equal to sqrt (π) A graph of the function and the area between it and the -axis, (i.e. the entire real line) which is equal to . The Gaussian integral, also known as the Euler–Poisson integral, is the integral of the Gaussian function over the entire real line. Named after the German mathematician Carl ...