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Which ancient Greek mathematician is credited with the first rigorous calculation of the value of Pi?

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Archimedes

While the ratio was known to Babylonians and Egyptians, Archimedes of Syracuse was the first to use a rigorous algorithm to approximate it. He used inscribed and circumscribed polygons to bound the value.

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