SMRTR Science & EngineeringMar 23, 2025John D. Cook

Very accurate pi approximation

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A highly accurate approximation for π uses the formula 3 log(640320) / √163, correct to 15 decimal places. This approximation is closely related to Ramanujan's constant, which is famously almost an integer, and can be derived from the same mathematical relationship.

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