By Kardi Teknomo, PhD .

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

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

PI and Continued Fraction

Example

Accuracy

Pi as ratio

Error (computed from PI of MS Excel)

0.1

PI and Continued Fraction

PI and Continued Fraction

0.001

PI and Continued Fraction

PI and Continued Fraction

0.00001

PI and Continued Fraction

PI and Continued Fraction

0.0000001

PI and Continued Fraction

PI and Continued Fraction

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

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This tutorial is copyrighted .

Preferable reference for this tutorial is

Teknomo, Kardi (2015) Continued Fraction. http://people.revoledu.com/kardi/tutorial/ContinuedFraction/index.html