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The art of being 11:50, and a RaLBaG
Monday October 10th 2005, 12:42 pm
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Sometime after 11:50
last night, I received a pointer to a delightful paper on medieval
mathematics
of the RaLBaG

Two charming stories in one night, one
library staffer, and a Simonson!  Now the question is : did the
story about the internal circumfrence and external diameter come from
him directly, or from Nehemiah as suggested in the History of Pi?

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