Old and new algorithms for pi
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2013-03-13 v1
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Richard P. Brent
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This is a letter to the editor concerning Semjon Adlaj's article "An eloquent formula for the perimeter of an ellipse", AMS Notices 59, 8 (2012), 1094-1099.
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@article{arxiv.1303.2762,
title = {Old and new algorithms for pi},
author = {Richard P. Brent},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.2762},
year = {2013}
}
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