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Gedanken zum 100. Jahrestag des Beweises der Transzendenz von \(\pi\). (German) Zbl 0565.01001

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
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