Events Tagged: "pi"

3 events with tag "pi"

1761 ID: 559
Johann Lambert proves π is irrational - first rigorous proof π cannot be expressed as ratio of integers
ID: 559
1777 ID: 596
Comte de Buffon poses Buffon's needle problem - first geometric probability connecting π to random processes
ID: 596
1882 ID: 1041
Ferdinand von Lindemann proves pi is transcendental - definitively resolves ancient circle squaring problem
ID: 1041