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(Haskell) Pi Approximation - NihilistDandy

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:10:15 UTC

GHC already has `pi' built in, but I wanted to compare values. `(this snippet) == pi' returns `True'.

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:21:10 UTC

Referencing the Machin-like formula in the linked reddit comment. Should be as exact as Scheme allows.

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:36:57 UTC

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:59:35 UTC

#72 at the URL

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:44:34 UTC

Based on the pi approximation (100 - ((2125^3 + 214^3 + 30^3 + 37^2)/(82^5)))^(1/4), referenced in equation 57 at the referenced URL.

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:53:33 UTC