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    In mathematics, Viète's formula is the following infinite product of nested radicals representing twice the reciprocal of the mathematical constant π:...
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    Pascal all used Viète's symbolism. About 1770, the Italian mathematician Targioni Tozzetti, found in Florence Viète's Harmonicon coeleste. Viète had written...
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    mathematics, Vieta's formulas relate the coefficients of a polynomial to sums and products of its roots. They are named after François Viète (1540-1603), more...
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    obtained from polygons with fewer sides. Viète's formula, published by François Viète in 1593, was derived by Viète using a closely related polygonal method...
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  • written using binomial coefficients. This formula was given by 16th century French mathematician François Viète: sin ⁡ n x = ∑ k = 0 n ( n k ) ( cos ⁡ x...
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    infinitesimal calculus and pi. Viète's formula, a different infinite product formula for π {\displaystyle \pi } . Leibniz formula for π, an infinite sum that...
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  • estimate π to 11 digits around 1400. In 1593, François Viète published what is now known as Viète's formula, an infinite product (rather than an infinite sum...
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  • formulae for π, such as the following two products, respectively by Viète (Viète's formula, the first published infinite product in mathematics) and John Wallis...
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  • Ramanujan–Sato series Rhind Mathematical Papyrus Salamin–Brent algorithm Software for calculating π Squaring the circle Turn (geometry) Viète's formula...
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  • the quadratic formula in the form we know today. Vieta's formulas (named after François Viète) are the relations x 1 + x 2 = − b a , x 1 x 2 = c a {\displaystyle...
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  • {1}{3}}\right)^{+1}\cdots } (another form of Wallis product) Viète's formula: 2 π = 2 2 ⋅ 2 + 2 2 ⋅ 2 + 2 + 2 2 ⋅ ⋯ {\displaystyle {\frac {2}{\pi...
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  • {2+\dots +{\sqrt {2}}}}}}}} _{n}=\pi } . This can be derived from Viète's formula for π. Asymptotic equivalences, f ( x ) ∼ g ( x ) {\displaystyle f(x)\sim...
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    area can be computed in terms of the circumradius R by truncating Viète's formula: A = R 2 ⋅ 2 1 ⋅ 2 2 ⋅ 2 2 + 2 = 4 R 2 2 − 2 . {\displaystyle A=R^{2}\cdot...
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  • pattern of the signs is ( + , + , − , + ) . {\displaystyle (+,+,-,+).} Viète's formula for π, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, is 2...
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    -coefficient of Δ {\displaystyle \Delta } is the Ramanujan tau function. Viète's formula for π can be written: 2 π = 1 2 ⋅ 1 2 + 1 2 1 2 ⋅ 1 2 + 1 2 1 2 + 1...
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    } the following is true, and can be deduced using De Moivre's formula, Euler's formula and the binomial theorem. The product-to-sum identities or prosthaphaeresis...
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    mathematicians, cannot be solved by compass-and-straightedge construction. Viète's trigonometric expression of the roots in the three-real-roots case lends...
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    ^{~\cdot ^{~\cdot }}}}}=2.} 2 {\displaystyle {\sqrt {2}}} appears in Viète's formula for π, 2 π = 1 2 ⋅ 1 2 + 1 2 1 2 ⋅ 1 2 + 1 2 1 2 + 1 2 1 2 ⋯ , {\displaystyle...
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    claims that François Viète used the trisectrix to derive Viète's formula, an infinite product of nested radicals published by Viète in 1593 that converges...
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  • In mathematics, the Leibniz formula for π, named after Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, states that π 4 = 1 − 1 3 + 1 5 − 1 7 + 1 9 − ⋯ = ∑ k = 0 ∞ ( − 1 )...
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  • term). 16th century: François Viète discovers Vieta's formulas. 16th century: François Viète discovers Viète's formula for π.1500: Scipione del Ferro...
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  • )}},} which is equivalent to the generalization of Morrie's law. Viète's formula, same identity taking α = 2 − n x {\displaystyle \alpha =2^{-n}x} on...
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  • that is, only working on the coefficients of the polynomial. Finally, Viète's formulas are used in order to approximate the roots. Let p(x) be a polynomial...
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    formalized by the 16th-century French mathematician François Viète, in Viète's formulas, for the case of positive real roots. In the opinion of the 18th-century...
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    In trigonometry, tangent half-angle formulas relate the tangent of half of an angle to trigonometric functions of the entire angle. The tangent of half...
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    functions have analogues involving the lemniscate functions. For example, Viète's formula for π can be written: 2 π = 1 2 ⋅ 1 2 + 1 2 1 2 ⋅ 1 2 + 1 2 1 2 + 1...
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  • Leibniz formula for π — alternating series with very slow convergence Wallis product — infinite product converging slowly to π/2 Viète's formula — more...
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    and coefficients of quadratic and cubic equations, which is called "Viete's formulas" now. Trigonometry also achieved greater development during the Renaissance...
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  • the roots. This greatly magnifies variances in the roots. Applying Viète's formulas, one obtains easy approximations for the modulus of the roots, and...
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    In trigonometry, Mollweide's formula is a pair of relationships between sides and angles in a triangle. A variant in more geometrical style was first...
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