Zu Chongzhi
Zu Chongzhi (祖沖之,
pinyin Zhu3 Chong1Zhi1) (
425-
500) was a
Chinese mathematician and
astronomer during the
Qi Dynasty (of the
Southern Dynasties).
His achievements included the Daming calendar introduced in 465 and deriving two approximations of Pi, 3.14156 and 22/7.