Approximating \(\pi\) with Ramanujan's modular equations
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Approximating \(\pi\) with Ramanujan's modular equations
zbMATH Open document ID: 0689.10022
DOI: 10.1216/RMJ-1989-19-1-93
author: Peter Borwein
author: Jonathan M. Borwein
published in: Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics
publication date: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: An algorithm for computing \(\pi\), with fifth-order convergence, is given: it is based on a modular identity due to Ramanujan. A seventh-order algorithm is sketched.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11Y60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11F03
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 33E05
zbMATH DE Number: 4128897
zbMATH Keywords: modular equations
zbMATH Keywords: high-order convergence
zbMATH Keywords: modular identity
zbMATH Keywords: Ramanujan
reviewed by: H. J. Godwin
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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