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Recent calculations of π : the Gauss-Salamin algorithm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Nick Lord
Nick Lord*
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Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1JP
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Recent years have seen a marked increase in the tempo of the hunt for digits of the decimal expansion of π as shown in the table below.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 76 , Issue 476 , July 1992, pp. 231 - 242
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1992

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