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Peter Borwein
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<p>Peter Benjamin Borwein (born <a href="/facts/St._Andrews/l3sXDgrl">St. Andrews</a>, <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a>, May 10, 1953 – 23 August 2020) was a <a href="/facts/Canadians/9y5ceYgk">Canadian</a> <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> and a professor at <a href="/facts/Simon_Fraser_University/o5EasHf7">Simon Fraser University</a>. He is known as a co-author of the paper which presented the <a href="/facts/Bailey%E2%80%93Borwein%E2%80%93Plouffe_formula/m4v34n9d">Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe algorithm</a> (discovered by <a href="/facts/Simon_Plouffe/JeISXKeT">Simon Plouffe</a>) for computing <a href="/facts/Pi/vC0UBj1q">π</a>. </p>