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1. Mathematics › Advanced Mathematical Identities

   The computation of 𝜋 to 29,360,000 decimal digits using Borweins’ quartically convergent algorithm

   Bailey · Mathematics of Computation · 1988

   The paper describes computing π to over 29 million decimal digits on a Cray-2 with a rapidly converging Borwein algorithm, checking the result with a second algorithm, and analysing the digits statistically.

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   1. Supported · 71%The author computed over 29,360,000 decimal digits of π using the Borweins' fourth-order algorithm for 1/π and a prime modulus transform for multi-precision arithmetic.“The author has implemented Borweins’ quartically convergent algorithm for 1 / π 1/\pi , using a prime modulus transform multi-precision technique, to compute over 29,360,000 digits of the decimal expansion of π \pi .”