Pi is Irrational/Historical Note/Mistake

Source Work

1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.)

2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.):

pi


Mistake

Pi was proved to be *irrational by Lambert in $1797$, ...


Correction

It was $1761$ when he did this, and it was published in $1768$.

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Sources

  • 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): pi
  • 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): pi
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