Pamphlets, Group of 2, Reprints of J.W. Wrench, Jr., on theComputation of Pi
date: label: Date made
content: 1960
label: Date made
content: 1962
notes: label: Description
content: These two reprints of papers, both autographed by John W. Wrench, are:
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content: 1) D. Shanks & J.W. Wrench, "Calculation of Pi to 100,000 Decimals," <I>Mathematics of Computation</I>, vol. xvi, no. 77, January 1962.
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content: 2) J.W. Wrench, Jr. "The Evolution of Extended Decimal Approximations to Pi," <I>The Mathematics Teacher</I>., 53, #8, December 1960.
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content: The first paper published the results of the computation of pi on an IBM 7090 computer which is in the printout with museum number 1977.0192.01. The second paper is a more general account of the history of computations of pi, including those made on earlier electronic computers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry and Blanche Pollachek
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.3005.10
label: catalog number
content: 1977.3005.10
label: nonaccession number
content: 1977.3005
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Documentation
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: .3 cm x 17.5 cm x 25.4 cm; 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 10 in