[46556] in Cypherpunks
Re: Representations of Pi, etc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Weller)
Fri Jan 5 10:41:46 1996
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 07:34:05 -0800
To: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
From: stevenw@best.com (Steven Weller)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Tim May wrote:
>In summary, I would be surprised to find that a method for calculating the
>Nth digit of pi works for base N but not for base M (modulo some minor
>efficiency factors related to machine architecture, etc.).
>
>Any pointers to this result would be appreciated.
See Peter Borwein's home page:
http://www.cecm.sfu.ca:80/personal/pborwein/
under _Calculating Pi and Other matters_.
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