Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viète's formula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vi-ete's -for-mu-la
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An infinite product of nested radicals representing the constant pi: specifically, 2/π=

Etymology

Named after François Viète (1540–1603), who published it in 1593 in his work Variorum de rebus mathematicis responsorum, liber VIII.

Questions

What does viète's formula mean?: An infinite product of nested radicals representing the constant pi: specifically, 2/π=
Where does viète's formula come from?: Named after François Viète (1540–1603), who published it in 1593 in his work Variorum de rebus mathematicis responsorum, liber VIII.

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