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Daniel Shanks

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.

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Known for
Computing π · Integer factorization · Baby-step giant-step · Tonelli–Shanks algorithm
Alma mater
University of Chicago · University of Maryland, College Park
Born
(1917-01-17)January 17, 1917 Chicago, Illinois
Died
September 6, 1996(1996-09-06) (aged 79) Maryland
Fields
Mathematics

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Daniel Shanks → Baby-step giant-step, Computing π, Integer factorization, Tonelli–Shanks algorithm
Alma mater · 2
Daniel Shanks → University of Chicago, University of Maryland, College Park
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Daniel Shanks → (1917-01-17)January 17, 1917 Chicago, Illinois
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Daniel Shanks → September 6, 1996(1996-09-06) (aged 79) Maryland
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Daniel Shanks → Mathematics Genealogy Project

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