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John Wallis

The life of John Wallis - the Infinity of Genius.


Famous Equations

1. Wallis Product

An infinite product for \(\pi\) involving only rational numbers.

$$ \frac{\pi}{2} = \prod_{n=1}^\infty \left( \frac{2n}{2n-1} \cdot \frac{2n}{2n+1} \right) = \frac{2}{1} \cdot \frac{2}{3} \cdot \frac{4}{3} \cdot \frac{4}{5} \dots $$

Sources: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Wallis/

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