Difference between revisions of "Ramanujan, S."
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| − | I tried calculating Ramanujan's series (as suggested by [[Crow 1999]]) to estimate 2/π in a spreadsheet. The products quickly became so large the spreadsheet returned an error after the first 151 terms. | + | I tried calculating Ramanujan's series (as suggested by [[Crow 1999]]) to estimate 2/π in a spreadsheet. |
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| + | <math>1-5\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^3+9\left(\frac{1\times3}{2\times4}\right)^3-13\left(\frac{1\times3\times5}{2\times4\times6}\right)^3+\ldots = \frac{2}{\pi}</math> | ||
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Revision as of 07:01, 4 September 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan
I tried calculating Ramanujan's series (as suggested by Crow 1999) to estimate 2/π in a spreadsheet.
[math]1-5\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^3+9\left(\frac{1\times3}{2\times4}\right)^3-13\left(\frac{1\times3\times5}{2\times4\times6}\right)^3+\ldots = \frac{2}{\pi}[/math]
The products quickly became so large the spreadsheet returned an error after the first 151 terms.
