https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/polygons-interactive.html
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Isaac Newton was born 100 years after Viète. His approximation formula for
pi is additive.
It starts by answering the question: what is arcsin(.5). It is pi/6, the zero
iteration of the formula. Subsequent iterations add small amounts, which
multiplied by 6, yield pi.
http://pi314.net/fr/newton.php
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source: Wikipedia
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