Definition
Approximation as infinite series
Approximation as infinite continued fraction
Or, writing it in one line become
Very condense form of continued fraction is
show that the continued fraction of
has regular pattern of
where
is increasing even numbers.
MS excel function of Euler number is =EXP(1)
Now you can
download the Spreadsheet companion of this tutorial
and try PI() for different accuracy
Example:
Accuracy |
Exp as ratio |
Error (computed from PI of MS Excel) |
0.1 |
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0.001 |
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0.00001 |
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0.0000001 |
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Preferable reference for this tutorial is
Teknomo, Kardi (2015) Continued Fraction. http://people.revoledu.com/kardi/tutorial/ContinuedFraction/index.html