Daniel Shanks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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mathematician
Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1917
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 06-Sep-1996
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Daniel Shanks
- Daniel Shanks (January 17, 1917 – September 6, 1996) was an American mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory.
- He is best known as the first to compute p to 100,000 decimal places, and for his book Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory.
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