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Never in the 4000-year history of research into pi have results been so prolific as at present. In their book Joerg Arndt and Christoph Haenel describe in easy-to-understand language the latest and most fascinating findings of mathematicians and computer scientists in the field of pi. Attention is f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arndt, Jörg
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Haenel, Christoph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001.
Subjects:
Computer science.
Computer software.
Algebra > Data processing.
Number theory.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The State of Things
  • How Random is Pi?- Estimations of Pi
  • Arcus Tangens
  • Gauss and Pi
  • Ramanujan and Pi
  • The Borweins and Pi
  • The BBP Technique
  • Arithmetic
  • Miscellaneous
  • History
  • The Future: Internet and Pi Computations
  • Pi Equations
  • Tables
  • Documentation for the hfloat Library
  • Other High-Precision Libraries
  • Bibliography
  • Index.