Eugene Salamin is a mathematician who discovered (independently with Richard Brent) the Salamin–Brent algorithm, used in high-precision calculation of pi.
[1][2] Eugene Salamin worked on alternatives to increase accuracy and minimize computational processes through the use of quaternions.
Benefits may include: Eugene Salamin (1976).
"Computation of $\pi$ Using Arithmetic-Geometric Mean".
Mathematics of Computation.