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     Date: 11-13-95    Time: 02:36a     Number: 1013   
     From: Mike Harris                   Refer:         
       To: All                        Board ID: FIX             Reply: 
  Subject: Calculating PI                  132: fido.en.c_ec   Status: Public 
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I've written a few programs which calculate PI till the cows
come home.  Unfortunately, they take eons to execute.  Does
anyone have some code they'd like to share on how to
calculate PI to a zillion digits?  I'd like as fast a code
as possible.

Even some different formulae (series) for doing the task
would be ok.  I'm currently using a series something like...

4*(1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + 1/9 ....)

I can't remember off hand the exact series, but it is
similar to what I've put above.

Comments?

TTYL


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