Pieper, Herbert Gedanken zum 100. Jahrestag des Beweises der Transzendenz von \(\pi\). (German) Zbl 0565.01001 Wiss. Z. Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Univ. Greifsw., Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 33, 26-28 (1984). The author reviews work of the Greeks with respect to the proportionality of the circumference of a circle and its diameter, the proportionality of the area of a circle and the square of its radius, the equality of the two constants of proportionality and the possibility of ruler-and- compasses constructions, as a background to the proofs of the irrationality and transcendence of \(\pi\) in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Reviewer: E.J.Barbeau MSC: 01A20 History of Greek and Roman mathematics 01A55 History of mathematics in the 19th century 51-03 History of geometry Keywords:Greek mathematics; ruler-and-compasses constructions; transcendence PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{H. Pieper}, Wiss. Z. Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Univ. Greifsw., Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 33, 26--28 (1984; Zbl 0565.01001)