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2 unusual facts about Valentinus Otho


Johannes Praetorius

In 1571 be became Professor of mathematics (astronomy) at Wittenberg where he met Valentinus Otho and Joachim Rheticus.

Valentinus Otho

In 1573 he came to Wittenberg, proposing to Johannes Praetorius an approximation of Pi as \pi \approx \tfrac {355} {113} .



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