Ludolph van Ceulen
German-Dutch mathematician (*1540 – †1610)
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German-Dutch mathematician who calculated pi to 35 decimal places—a feat so impressive they named it after him. Van Ceulen's Ludolphine number dominated European math circles in the 16th century.
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Ludolph van Ceulen was a German-Dutch mathematician from Hildesheim known for the Ludolphine number, his calculation of the mathematical constant pi to 35 digits.
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