References

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Note: This page uses R(n) to indicate the square root of n (this notation was commonly used before the modern day notation was adopted). This page also uses pi for the irrational number 3.14159..., phi for the golden mean (which is the irrational number 1.618...), and ^ to indicate exponents.

Beckmann, P. (1971). {A history of} pi. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Blatner, D. (1997). The joy of pi. New York: Walker.

Boyer, C. (1991). A history of mathematics (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Burton, D. (1997). The history of mathematics (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Eves, H. (1992). An introduction to the history of mathematics (6th ed.). New York: Saunders College Publishing.

Katz, V. (1993). A history of mathematics: An introduction. New York: Harper Collins.

Kline, M. (1972). Mathematical thought from ancient to modern times. New York: Oxford.

Moar, E. (1994). e: The story of a number. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Nahin, P. (1998). An imaginary tale: The story of R(-1). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

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