Daniel Shanks
Mathematician, Academic
1917 – 1996
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Who was Daniel Shanks?
Daniel Shanks was an American mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He is best known as the first to compute π to 100,000 decimal places, and for his book Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory.
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- Born
- Jan 17, 1917
Chicago - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Maryland, College Park
- University of Chicago
- Died
- Sep 6, 1996
Maryland
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on July 23, 2013
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