π in my eye

Autor: Douglas Quadling
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: The Mathematical Gazette. 77:314-321
ISSN: 2056-6328
0025-5572
DOI: 10.2307/3619770
Popis: When students first meet Simpson’s rule, we look for simple applications to show them what it can do. I don’t imagine I am the only teacher who has suggested using it to find a numerical value for π - which up until then they have always had to take on trust.
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