Definition:Zu Chongzhi Fraction/Also known as
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Zu Chongzhi Fraction: Also known as
The Zu Chongzhi fraction is rendered variously according to the transliteration of his name into Latin characters: Tsu Ch'ung-Chi's fraction is an example.
The fraction $\dfrac {355} {113}$ is also called Metius' number, for Adriaan Metius, who discovered it independently in around the $16$th century.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $3 \cdotp 14159 \, 26535 \, 89793 \, 23846 \, 26433 \, 83279 \, 50288 \, 41972 \ldots$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $3 \cdotp 14159 \, 26535 \, 89793 \, 23846 \, 26433 \, 83279 \, 50288 \, 41971 \ldots$