Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!holland From: holland@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: PI is irrational Message-ID: <28200048@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 16:47:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.28200048 Posted: Thu Jan 3 16:47:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 02:41:10 EST References: <17957@lanl.UUCP> Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:lanl:-1795700:uiucdcs:28200048:000:361 Nf-From: uiucdcs!holland Jan 3 15:47:00 1985 PI can be computed by as an infinite series. (There is a relatively simple one, which converges slowly.) In fact, any real number can be computed as an infinite series. Let d(i) be the ith digit after the decimal point and let d(0) be the integer part (to the left of the decimal point). Then number = d(0)/10^0 + d(1)/10^1 + d(2)/10^2 + d(3)/10^3 + ...