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Pi-unleashed

Describes the findings of mathematicians and computer scientists in the field of Pi.
Print Book, English, 2001
Springer, Berlin, 2001
270 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 disco compacto (4 3/4 plg.)
9783540665724, 3540665722
710668418
1. The state of Pi art
2. How random is π?
3. Shortcuts to π
4. Aproximations for π and continued fractions
5. Arcus tangens
6. Spigot algorithms
7. Gauss and π
8. Ramanujan and π
9. The borweins and π
10. The BBP algorithm
11. Arithmetic
12. Miscellaneous
13. The history of π
14. Historical notes
15. The future: π calculations on the internet
16. π formula collection
17. Tables
Título original: Pi. Algorithmen