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Approximations to the Area of ann-Dimensional Ellipsoid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

D. H. Lehmer
D. H. Lehmer*
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University of California
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The fact that the perimeter S(a, b) of an ellipse is not an elementary function of its semiaxes a, b has led to many suggested approximations of S in finite form.

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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 2 , 1950 , pp. 267 - 282
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1950

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