Re: A89: Re: help me too please!


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Re: A89: Re: help me too please!




Ok, people, there are formulas to calculate the exact value of pi.  They just 
require an infinite summation, so the longer/more you run the summation the 
closer to the exact value of pi you will get.  I believe the current record 
for pi is six billion digits (maybe more) by some people in Japan, though 
you'll only need 37 to calculate the circumference of the universe to the 
width of a proton (assuming the universe is 10^u and a proton is 10^p then 
you'll need u-p digits).

greg


In a message dated 5/22/99 3:18:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Sassamo16@aol.com writes:

> i've got a question.  if there is no formula for pi, then how is it 
> calculated