Month: April 2014

April 30, 2014 / / Uncategorized

This is an attempt to calculate pi by exhaustion. This method leverages a polygon with n = x sides, inscribed within a unit circle. Archimedes did this to estimate his lower bound of pi, however, he also conscribed a polygon to provide an upper limit as well. Thus, when doing this with Calculus students, teachers should consider doing this activity (exhaustion by inscription) together, and…