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Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.

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What is so mysterious about Archimedes' approximation of $\sqrt 3$?

There's a very simple geometrical response that provides a rounded solution which might reflect on this problem at http://www.gjbath.com/SQR3.htm. It's so much easier seeing it! This involves circums …
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