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An unbounded spigot algorithm for pi. Goes wrong after 10 digits :(
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# Spigot algorithm using Gosper's series for pi | |
# ref: section 6 of http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/jeremy.gibbons/publications/spigot.pdf | |
from itertools import count | |
def div(a,b): | |
return int(a/b) | |
# compose two 2x2 matrices | |
def comp(a,b): | |
q,r,s,t = a | |
u,v,w,x = b | |
return (q*u+r*w, q*v+r*x, s*u+t*w, s*v+t*x) | |
def pi(): | |
state = (1,0,0,1) | |
i = 1 | |
acc = 1 | |
while True: | |
q,r,s,t = state | |
print(i,q,r,s,t) | |
# compute a digit | |
x = 27*i-12 | |
y = div(q*x+5*r, s*x+5*t) | |
# check y is safe | |
x = 675*i-216 | |
if y==div(q*x+125*r,s*x+125*t): | |
# yield the digit | |
yield y | |
#compute the new state | |
state = comp((10,-10*y,0,1),state) | |
else: | |
# compute the next input | |
j = 3*(3*acc+1)*(3*acc+2) | |
x = (acc*(2*acc-1),j*(5*acc-2),0,j) | |
acc += 1 | |
state = comp(state,x) | |
i += 1 | |
for a,b in zip(pi(),range(12)): | |
print(a) |
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