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The Chinese mathematician Zu Chongzhi, around 480 AD, calculated that π ≈ 355/113 (a fraction that goes by the name Milü in Chinese), using Liu Hui's algorithm applied to a 12,288-sided polygon. With a correct value for its seven first decimal digits, this value of 3.141592920... remained the most accurate approximation of π available for the next 800 years.
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What Chinese mathematician computed the value of pi to 3.14159 by the 3rd century?
Liu Hui
What Chinese mathematician computed the value of pi to 3.14159 by the third century?
Liu Hui
Chinese mathematician who computed the value of pi?
Liu Hui of the Wei Kingdom around 265 AD.
What is the value of pi to the hundredths place?
If you mean "the value of pi rounded to the nearest hundredth," then: 3.14
What is the longest known value of pi?
The longest known value of pi is now into the hundreds of billions of digits.
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