Peter Borwein
Peter Borwein · Science & Medicine
Number theory; the Borwein algorithm for pi
1953, St. Andrews, Scotland — 2020, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
United Kingdom · Canada
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Peter Borwein was a Scottish-born Canadian mathematician known for his work in number theory and analysis, including the Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe-related algorithms and rapidly converging series for computing pi, developed with his brother Jonathan. He co-founded experimental mathematics as a discipline at Simon Fraser University. He was Jewish, from a Jewish academic family.
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Number theory; the Borwein algorithm for pi
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