Wallis's product, Brouncker's continued
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Jacques Dutka
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Article
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1982
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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A historical sketch is given of WALLIS'S infinite product for 4/~, and of the attempts which have been made, over more than three centuries, to find the method by which BROUNCKER obtained his equivalent continued fraction. A derivation of BROUNCKER'S formula is given. Early results obtained by India