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Leibniz formula for pi was developed by?

  1. Gottfried Leibniz

  2. Madhava of Sangamagrama

  3. Arthur Rudolph

  4. Sir Issac Newton
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Explanation

The infinite series for pi/4 = 1 - 1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + ... was discovered by Madhava of Sangamagrama in the 14th century, centuries before Leibniz. Though often called the Leibniz formula in Western textbooks, priority belongs to the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics.

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