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Abstract
In celebration of both a special “big” π Day (3/14/15) and the 2015 centennial of the Mathematical Association of America, we review the illustrious history of the constant π in the pages of the American Mathematical Monthly.
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Jonathan M. Borwein
JONATHAN M. BORWEIN is Laureate Professor in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and director of the Priority Research Centre in Computer Assisted Research Mathematics and Its Applications at the University of Newcastle. An ISI highly cited scientist and former Chauvenet prize winner, he has published widely in various fields of mathematics. His most recent books are Convex Functions (with John Vanderwerff, vol 109, Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010), Modern Mathematical Computation with Maple (with Matt Skerritt, Springer Undergraduate Mathematics and Technology, 2011), Lattice Sums Then and Now (with Glasser, McPhedran,Wan and Zucker, vol 150, Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013), and Neverending Fractions with the late Alf van der Poorten, Jeff Shallit, and Wadim Zudilin (Australian Mathematical Society Lecture Series, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2014).
Scott T. Chapman
SCOTT T. CHAPMAN received a bachelors degree in mathematics and political science from Wake Forest University, a masters degree in mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of North Texas. Since 2008, he has held the titles of professor and Scholar in Residence at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. In 2012, he became editor of the American Mathematical Monthly, and his term runs through 2016.