Daniel Shanks
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Daniel Charles Shanks (January 17, 1917 – September 6, 1996) was an American mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He was the first person to compute π to 100,000 decimal places.
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Born | (1917-01-17)January 17, 1917 |
Died | September 6, 1996(1996-09-06) (aged 79) |
Nationality | American |
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Fields | Mathematics |
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