Daniel Shanks
Daniel Shanks | |
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| Born | January 17, 1917 |
| Died | September 6, 1996 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
Daniel Charles Shanks (January 17, 1917 – September 6, 1996) was an American mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He was the first person to compute π to 100,000 decimal places.