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A formula for pi involving nested radicals

General Mathematics 2018-07-17 v2

Abstract

We present a new formula for pi involving nested radicals with rapid convergence. This formula is based on the arctangent function identity with argument x=2ak1/akx=\sqrt{2-{{a}_{k-1}}}/{{a}_{k}}, where ak=2+2+2++2ksquareroots {{a}_{k}}=\underbrace{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\cdots +\sqrt{2}}}}}_{k\,\,\text{square}\,\,\text{roots}} is a nested radical consisting of kk square roots. The computational test we performed reveals that the proposed formula for pi provides a significant improvement in accuracy as the integer kk increases.

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@article{arxiv.1610.07713,
  title  = {A formula for pi involving nested radicals},
  author = {S. M. Abrarov and B. M. Quine},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07713},
  year   = {2018}
}

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10 pages

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