A formula for the n’th digit of 𝜋 and 𝜋^n

Re:A formula for the n’th digit of 𝜋 and 𝜋^n by colanderman on Sunday January 15, 2023 @10:00AM (#34389884)

See also Plouffe's earlier (1995) formula to extract hexadecimal digits of pi: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey%E2%80%93Borwein%E2%80...

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Re:A formula for the n’th digit of 𝜋 and 𝜋^n by karmakaze on Sunday January 15, 2023 @03:47PM (#34393187)

We should also have decimal/binary/hex digits of Tau to complete the set.

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Re:A formula for the n’th digit of 𝜋 and 𝜋^n by cleak on Sunday January 15, 2023 @04:07PM (#34393404)

Decimal is the only tricky one. Given that tau=2pi, simple use f(n-1) in the original binary formula for pi, and I’m sure something just as trivial for hex.

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Re:A formula for the n’th digit of 𝜋 and 𝜋^n by userbinator on Sunday January 15, 2023 @04:09PM (#34393428)

...which Fabrice Bellard improved upon: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellard%27s_formula

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