![Fermat's Library on Twitter: "π is sometimes called Ludolph's constant for Ludolph van Ceulen (1540–1610), who spent many years computing π to 35 places https://t.co/xmOGOqMwsJ" / Twitter Fermat's Library on Twitter: "π is sometimes called Ludolph's constant for Ludolph van Ceulen (1540–1610), who spent many years computing π to 35 places https://t.co/xmOGOqMwsJ" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3eJARSXsAA8B1P.jpg)
Fermat's Library on Twitter: "π is sometimes called Ludolph's constant for Ludolph van Ceulen (1540–1610), who spent many years computing π to 35 places https://t.co/xmOGOqMwsJ" / Twitter
Katherine McDonald on Twitter: "The grave marker of Ludolph van Ceulen, inscribed with all the decimals of pi he calculated. #Leiden #histsci http://t.co/91YopaiE1c" / Twitter
![Fermat's Library on Twitter: "Ludolph van Ceulen, using Archimedes' methods, approximated the circle with a regular polygon which had 2⁶² sides. It took 25 years of hand calculations to produce a 35 Fermat's Library on Twitter: "Ludolph van Ceulen, using Archimedes' methods, approximated the circle with a regular polygon which had 2⁶² sides. It took 25 years of hand calculations to produce a 35](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dg3CuQlVQAAQH1j.jpg)