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Oxford

Oxford is a city of nearly 150 thousand1 located in southern England, west northwest of London, on the Thames River and home to Oxford University. The mathematician, John Wallis, produced his mathematical contributions here, including steps toward the arithmetization of geometry and the Arithmetica Infinitorum, with its formula for π.

External references

The Radcliffe Camera of Oxford University

Footnotes

1. world-gazetteer.com, 2010 calculations, accessed 11/12/2011.