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Tsu Ch'ung-Chih (Zu Chongzhi) Summary
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429-500 Chinese mathematician and astronomer who developed a remarkably accurate calculation of π. Tsu's figure of 355/113 or 3.1415926 is correct to six decimal places, and remained the most reliable approximation for many centuries. He...
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Zu Chongzhi (traditional Chinese: 祖沖之; simplified Chinese: 祖冲之; pinyin: Zǔ Chōngzhī; Wade-Giles: Tsu Ch'ung-chih, 429–500), courtesy name Wenyuan (文遠), was a prominent Chinese mathematician and astronomer during the Liu Song and...


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