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Identities for the arctangent function by enhanced midpoint integration and the high-accuracy computation of pi

General Mathematics 2016-04-15 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

We describe a method of integration to obtain identities of the arctangent function and show how this method can be applied to the high-accuracy computation of the constant pi using the equation π=4arctan(1)\pi = 4 \arctan \left( 1 \right). Our approach combines the midpoint method with the Taylor expansion series to enhance accuracy in the subintervals. The accuracy of this method of integration is determined by number of subintervals LL and by order of the Taylor expansion MM. This approach provides significant flexibility in computation since the required convergence in resulting equations can be optimized through appropriate choices for the integers LL and MM. Sample computations are presented to illustrate that even with relatively small values of the integers LL and MM the constant π\pi can be computed with high accuracy.

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@article{arxiv.1604.03752,
  title  = {Identities for the arctangent function by enhanced midpoint integration and the high-accuracy computation of pi},
  author = {S. M. Abrarov and B. M. Quine},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.03752},
  year   = {2016}
}

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