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Zu Chongzhi
Zu Chongzhi, courtesy name Wenyuan, was a Chinese astronomer, inventor, mathematician, politician, and writer during the Liu Song and Southern Qi dynasties. He was most notable for calculating pi as between 3.1415926 and 3.1415927, a record in precision which would not be surpassed for nearly 900 years.
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science · Chinese mathematician-astronomer (429–500) · mathematician · astronomer · also Zu Chongzhi, Chongzhi Zu, Zu Wenyuan, Chongzhi
Born 1 January 0429 · Died 1 January 0500 · Q227444
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Born 0429-01-01.
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