Quantum mechanical derivation of the Wallis formula for π
- 1 November 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 56 (11), 112101
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930800
Abstract
A famous pre-Newtonian formula for π is obtained directly from the variational approach to the spectrum of the hydrogen atom in spaces of arbitrary dimensions greater than one, including the physical three dimensions.Other Versions
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