Recent calculations of π : the Gauss-Salamin algorithm

DOI10.2307/3619132zbMATH Open0805.11086OpenAlexW2796512090MaRDI QIDQ4277635FDOQ4277635

Nick Lord

Publication date: 5 February 1995

Published in: The Mathematical Gazette (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/3619132

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zbMATH Keywords

elliptic integralsAGMarithmetic geometric meancalculations of \(\pi\)Gauss-Salamin algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic functions and integrals (33E05) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to number theory (11-01) Number-theoretic algorithms; complexity (11Y16)

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