Re: A89: Re: [OT] Pi


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Re: A89: Re: [OT] Pi




In a message dated 4/12/00 7:04:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
goodsell@bridgernet.com writes:

<< My understanding is that it had been believed to be impossible until this
 base 16 formula was discovered. Since then, there's no reason to believe
 that it's impossible in base 10, but nobody knows the formula in base 10 if
 it does exist. >>
Ive seen a base 16 method of finding digits of pi. But it was a massively 
unweildy geometric algorythim. To find any digit, you have to caclulate EVERY 
digit before it first.

Jeff Barrett
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