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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Mathematics › Advanced Mathematical Identities

   On the rapid computation of various polylogarithmic constants

   Bailey, Borwein and Plouffe · Mathematics of Computation · 1997

   The paper gives algorithms to compute a chosen digit of certain transcendental numbers in various bases, based on new identities, and demonstrates them on pi, log(2) and related constants.

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   1. Supported · 71%Algorithms for single digits of certain constants like pi are said to be simple, need almost no memory, and run in nearly linear time in the digit's position.“These algorithms can be easily implemented (multiple precision arithmetic is not needed), require virtually no memory, and feature run times that scale nearly linearly with the order of the digit desired.”

2. 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 .”