John D. Cook

A crank formula for π (opens in new tab)

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I ran across a cranky formula for π based on physical constants here and decided to play around with it. The source describes λ as “wavelength (chosen in the microwave region)” and I thought perhaps you could chose a value of λ to make the equation work. But as a comment pointed out, the bracketed […] The post first appeared on .

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