To: sparklite2
Is the Pi approximation like terminating a Taylor Series approximation?
33 posted on
02/20/2016 2:59:49 PM PST by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
I suppose it depends on whether
or not your interstitial migration
is asymptotic.
35 posted on
02/20/2016 3:10:17 PM PST by
sparklite2
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To: MtnClimber
Exactly like terminating Taylor. You can get pi from the simple series 4*Taylor(arctan(1)), or more efficiently from the somewhat uglier 2*Taylor(arcsin(1)). /MathNerd
40 posted on
02/20/2016 3:30:10 PM PST by
Pollster1
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To: MtnClimber
Yes.
As I recall,
pi = 4 - 4/3 + 4/5 - 4/7 + 4/9 - 4/11....
it converges very slowly.
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