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Digits of Pi
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| # Calculating Pi, William Shank's method using Machin's formula | |
| def arctan(x): | |
| result = 0 | |
| for i in range(1,11): | |
| t = 2*i - 1 | |
| if (i % 2 == 0): | |
| result = result - (x**t)/t | |
| else: | |
| result = result + (x**t)/t | |
| return result | |
| pie = 16*arctan(1/5) - 4*arctan(1/239) | |
| print(pie) |
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