[PS] How NOT to compute π - Stan Atanasov

Event time: 
Friday, November 20, 2020 - 4:30pm
Event description: 
yums seminar series

How NOT to compute π

Stan Atanasov

Zoom Link

https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/97176406483?fbclid=IwAR27addCVRNusj…

Abstract

In this talk, I will present a few ways to compute π which, albeit fascinating, are very unpragmatic. The examples will come from number theory, probability theory, and physics.