Arima Yoriyuki (有馬 頼徸; December 31, 1714 – December 16, 1783) was a Japanese mathematician of the Edo period. He was the lord of Kurume Domain.
. In 1766, he found the following rational approximation of
3.14159265358979323846264338327
{\displaystyle \pi \approx {\frac {428224593349304}{136308121570117}}=3.14159265358979323846264338327(569...).}
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