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Measurement of a Circle

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Pi: A Source Book

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The area of any circle is equal to a right-angled triangle in which one of the sides about the right angle is equal to the radius, and the other to the circumference, of the circle.

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Berggren, L., Borwein, J., Borwein, P. (2000). Measurement of a Circle. In: Pi: A Source Book. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3240-5_3

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