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PI

By Kardi Teknomo, PhD.

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Pi ( ) is a universal constant indicate the ratio of circumference of a circle and its diameter. The value of has been estimated since Archimedes (see: Phillips, 2000).

Using MS excel, we can use function =PI() to represent

 

 

Now you can download the Spreadsheet companion of this tutorial and try PI() for different accuracy

For example:

Accuracy

Pi as ratio

Error (computed from PI of MS Excel)

0.1

0.001

0.00001

0.0000001

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This tutorial is copyrighted.

Preferable reference for this tutorial is

Teknomo, Kardi. Continued Fraction. http://people.revoledu.com/kardi/tutorial/ContinuedFraction/index.html

 

 

 

 
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