Value of pi is the product of the infinite series ...
pi = 4 (1 - 1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + 1/9 - 1/11 + 1/13 -1/15 + 1/17.........)
Hope this helps..
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Ian McLoughlin, Chematek U.K.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Simon Burge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 20 October 1999 10:24
Subject: Re: Mersenne: Re: The Mysterious Ways of Mersenne primes
> "Steinar H. Gunderson" wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 01:55:32AM +0300, Jukka Tapani Santala wrote:
> > >you can compare this to something like the value of Pi, relation of the
> > >radius to the circumference, which human mind tries to instantly
> > >rationalize as a "real" number, demonstrated clearly by the actual
attempt
> > >to _legalize_ Pi as 3. In fact, ask anyone what Pi is, and majority of
> > >them will instantly reply to you "3.14".
> >
> > I'd say 3.1415926535897932, just to confuse people :-) (Yes, I do
remember
> > those decimals. Why? For fun.)
>
> Just to continue the off-topic discussion a little, I'd guess that a lot
> of people would say "22 over 7" as to what Pi is.
>
> I've always been impressed with the approximation of 355/113 - accurate
> to 7 decimal places and easy to remember (two 3's, two 5's and two
> 1's)...
>
> Simon.
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