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Ludolph Van Ceulen

died 414 years ago

31 December 1610

Ludolph Van Ceulen was a German mathematician who is famed for his calculation of π to 35 places. In Germany π used to be called the Ludolphine number.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Van_Ceulen/