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Creating digits of pi
02-14-2018, 11:06 AM
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RE: Creating digits of pi
(02-14-2018 09:52 AM)Mike (Stgt) Wrote:  BTW, it must be a good approximation so the 300s+ will take it as Pi, 355/113 is not good enough.

It's very good. ln(640320)/sqrt(163) differs from pi/3 by only 7.39889E-17 (rounded of course). The simplest fraction that's even closer to pi/3 is 165707065/158238591 (error is 5.46945E-17). It's amazing what an insomniac brain will occupy itself with at 3:06AM.
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Creating digits of pi - brickviking - 02-06-2018, 12:24 AM
RE: Creating digits of pi - Joe Horn - 02-06-2018, 01:38 AM
RE: Creating digits of pi - toml_12953 - 02-06-2018, 09:24 PM
RE: Creating digits of pi - brickviking - 02-06-2018, 10:38 PM
RE: Creating digits of pi - brickviking - 02-08-2018, 04:22 AM
RE: Creating digits of pi - toml_12953 - 02-08-2018, 01:02 PM
RE: Creating digits of pi - TASP - 02-07-2018, 10:30 PM
RE: Creating digits of pi - pier4r - 02-09-2018, 02:59 PM
RE: Creating digits of pi - emece67 - 02-10-2018, 09:14 PM
RE: Creating digits of pi - TASP - 02-11-2018, 12:12 AM
RE: Creating digits of pi - ttw - 02-12-2018, 03:59 AM
RE: Creating digits of pi - EdS2 - 02-17-2018, 12:27 PM
RE: Creating digits of pi - EdS2 - 02-21-2018, 11:01 AM
RE: Creating digits of pi - pier4r - 02-17-2018, 04:25 PM
RE: Creating digits of pi - brickviking - 02-17-2018, 09:27 PM
RE: Creating digits of pi - pier4r - 02-23-2018, 01:34 PM
RE: Creating digits of pi - SlideRule - 05-13-2018, 05:09 PM



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