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Peer reviewedBidwell, James K. – School Science and Mathematics, 1994
Archimedes' method for estimating the value of pi is developed and compared with the Gregory-Machin infinite series method. Programs for the TI-81 calculator for finding the upper and lower bounds using the classical method and estimating pi using infinite series are provided.(Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Calculators, Courseware, Estimation (Mathematics), Geometry
