Calculating Pi is a project for the calculation of the mathematical constant Pi through various methods. Mathematicians and programmers are encouraged to contribute ideas or code for this project.
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This version calculates the value of Pi using
(pi/4)=arctan(1) and arctan(x) =
x-x^3/3+x^5/5-x^7/7+.... Unfortunately, this
series converges too slowly to be useful, as it
takes over 300 terms to obtain a 2 decimal place
precision. To obtain 100 decimal places of Pi, one
would need to use at least 10^50 terms of this
expansion.
