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John Wrench

American mathematician (1911-2009) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 97

John William Wrench, Jr. was an American mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis. He was a pioneer in using computers for mathematical calculations, and is noted for work done with Daniel Shanks to calculate the mathematical constant pi to 100,000 decimal places.

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