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It was known from ancient times that pi is irrational. However, that fact was proven in 1761 by the Swiss scientist Johann Heinrich Lambert.

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Who figured out the value of pi?

No one has fully discovered pi. Pi is believed to be irrational.


When was pi invented or discovered?

Pi is the value of a circle's circumference divided by its diameter and its true value has never been discovered because it is an irrational number


WHo discocovered pi?

The circumference of a circle divided by its diameter is the value of pi and as yet its exact value has never been discovered because pi is an irrational number.


Are all the digits of pi discovered?

Answer: No. Pi is irrational; we could never find the last digit, because the digits go on forever. Also, being irrational means that the digits don't repeat periodically.


Who discuvered pi?

The true value of pi has never been discovered because it's an irrational number whose decimal places are infinite.


Is 2 pi a rational number?

No, since Pi is an irrational number, 2(pi) would still be irrational.


When was pi discovered by the Greeks?

It wasn't because even today no one has ever discovered the exact value of pi and all we know is that its value is that of a circle's circumference divided by its diameter which is an irrational number.


Is pi plus pi a rational or irrational number?

It is irrational, just like pi


Is 3 pi irrational?

Pi, is an irrational number (it cannot be written as a fraction) For this reason, 3 times pi is also irrational.


Who discovered the pie in mathematics?

Nobody has yet discovered the true value of pi in mathematics because it is an irrational number and its value is the circumference of any circle divided by its diameter is equal to pi which is impossible to work out.


Can the quotient of any two irrational numbers be irrational?

It can. pi / sqrt(5) = an irrational number. However, it doesn't have to be: pi / pi = 1.


What is the irrational number that William shanks created?

William Shanks is not known to have created any number - rational or irrational. He did calculate pi to a greater degree of accuracy then previously but the number pi had been discovered around 4 thousand years before Shanks. Therefore it can hardly be said that he discovered it.