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'''Peter B. Borwein''' ([[St. Andrews]], [[Scotland]], [[1953]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[mathematician]], co-developer of an algorithm for calculating [[pi|π]] to the ''n''th digit, co-discoverer of the billionth, four billionth, 40th billionth, and [[quadrillion]]th digits of π, and professor at [[Simon Fraser University]].

==First interest in math==

Borwein became interested in [[number theory]] and classical analysis during

his second year of university. He had not previously been interested in math, although his father was the head of the [[University of Western Ontario]]'s mathematics department

and his mother is associate dean of medicine there. Borwein and his two siblings majored in mathematics.

==Academic career==

After completing a Bachelor of Science in Honours Math at the University of Western Ontario in [[1974]], he went on to complete an [[Master's degree|MSc]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] at the [[University of British Columbia]]. He joined the Department of Mathematics at [[Dalhousie University]]. While he was there, he, his brother [[Jonathan Borwein]] and [[David H. Bailey]] of [[NASA]] wrote the [[1989]] paper that showed a proof for computing one billion digits of π. They won the [[1993]] [[Chauvent prize]] and [[Hasse prize]].

In 1993, he moved to Simon Fraser University, joining his brother Jonathan in

establishing the [[Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics]] (CECM).

== Research ==

In 1995, the Borweins collaborated with [[Yasumasa Kanada]] of the [[University of Tokyo]]

to compute [[pi|π]] to more than four billion digits.

Peter Borwein also collaborated with [[NASA]]'s David Bailey and the University of Quebec's [[Simon Plouffe]] to calculate the individual [[hexadecimal]] digits of π. This provided a way for mathematicians to determine the ''n''th digit of π without calculating preceding digits.

==Publications==

As a co-author, Borwein has written ''Pi: A Source Book'' (1999),

''Polynomials and Polynomial Inequalities'' (1998), ''Pi and the AGM'' (1998) and ''A Dictionary of Real Numbers''. He and his brother, Jonathan, co-edit the [[Canadian Mathematical Society]]/[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer-Verlag]] series of ''Books in Mathematics''.

== Affiliations ==

A professor at [[Simon Fraser University]], Peter Borwein is affiliated with [[Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical and Computational Sciences]] (IRMACS), Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics (CECM), [[Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems]] (MITACS), and [[Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences]] (PIMS).

==See also==

*[[Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula]]

*[[Jonathan Borwein]] (brother and mathematician)

== External links ==

* [http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=268 Science.ca profile]

* [http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/~pborwein/ Peter Borwein's research interests]

* [http://css.sfu.ca/members/bio.cgi?MemberID=44 Simon Fraser University Centre for Systems Science bio]

* [http://www.sfu.ca/mediapr/sfu_news/sfunews04030201.html SFU news release on Borwein siblings]

* [http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/~pborwein/ Borwein's website]

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