The value of Pi
For reference later, here are some values:
- Babylonia, 2000 BC: 3.125000
- Egypt, 2000 BC: 3.16049...
- Old Testament, 550 BC: 3.0
- Greece, 250 BC: 3.141592..
- China, 130 AD: 3.1622
- China, 264 AD: 3.14159
- India, 380 AD: 3.1416
Cf. Petr Beckmann, A History of PI, pp. 12-29.
Ralph H. Abraham, 25 April 1996.