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Never in the 4000-year history of research into pi have results been so prolific as at present. In their book Joerg Arndt and Christoph Haenel describe in easy-to-understand language the latest and most fascinating findings of mathematicians and computer scientists in the field of pi.
Attention is focussed on new methods of computation whose speed outstrips that of predecessor methods by orders of magnitude.
The book comes with a CD-ROM containing not only the source code of all programs described, but also related texts and even complete libraries.
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"The book is sprinkled with many gemsThe book is a treasure of information and is fun to readThe CD-ROM is in ready-to-run format (you can start using it right out of the box). Its inclusion alone is worth much more than the price of the bookI loved this book. In fact, Ive pretty much run out of superlativesI would recommend it to anyone who is just curious about pi, or about large-precision arithmetic in general, as well as to the professional who is looking to break the next N-digit barrier. Who knows, perhaps a reader will be inspired to invent a faster yet method for such algorithms."
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Never in the 4000-year history of research into pi have results been so prolific as at present. In their book Joerg Arndt and Christoph Haenel describe in easy-to-understand language the latest and most fascinating findings of mathematicians and computer scientists in the field of pi.
Attention is focussed on new methods of computation whose speed outstrips that of predecessor methods by orders of magnitude.
The book comes with a CD-ROM containing not only the source code of all programs described, but also related texts and even complete libraries.
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