[CST-2] Adv Algorithms - Elliptic Integrals?!?

[Matej Pfajfar]

A quick search on google gives
http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/hbaker/hakmem/pi.html .

I haven't read through yet, looks like it does the job.

Mat

On Sun, 26 May 2002, Matt Shreeve wrote:

> Hello again
> One of the last things Dr Norman did in the course was describe a technique
> that produced a pair of (quadratically) converging sequences starting from
> initial values a and b (and using SQR(ab) and (a+b)/2 to calculate subsequent
> values).  He said that this could be used to be calculate things like pi and
> e (he showed code for calculating pi, I think) - using the concept of
> elliptic integrals.  Does anyone understand how to do this or know where to
> find out more?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matt
>
>
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