From e to π: Derivation of the Wallis formula for π from e

2016/06/23 by Ali Sanayei, Sanayei, Ali
Mathematics · #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #Advanced Mathematical Identities #Analytic Number Theory Research #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1606.07460

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Abstract

In this Note, we start off with the primary representation of e and from there present an elementary short proof for the Wallis formula for π.

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