http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/pi-python/2013-08-25T06:24:56-07:00ActiveState Code Recipes2013-08-25T06:24:56-07:00FB36http://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4172570/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578651-calculating-pi-using-trigonometric-iterations/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 578651 by <a href="/recipes/users/4172570/">FB36</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/math/">math</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/mathematics/">mathematics</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/pi/">pi</a>). </p> <p>Calculating PI using trigonometric iterations</p>

2013-03-02T21:56:42-08:00Bjorn Madsenhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4176352/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578478-archimedes-method-for-pi-arbitrary-precision/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 578478 by <a href="/recipes/users/4176352/">Bjorn Madsen</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/decimal/">decimal</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/math/">math</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/pi/">pi</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/precision/">precision</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/python3/">python3</a>). </p> <p>The code below incorporates the newly revised python 3.3.0 decimal module to permit arbitrary precision (<a href="http://docs.python.org/3/library/decimal.html%29" rel="nofollow">http://docs.python.org/3/library/decimal.html)</a></p> <p>The recipe was originally by FB35 from <a href="http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576981-archimedes-method-for-calculating-pi/" rel="nofollow">http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576981-archimedes-method-for-calculating-pi/</a> </p>

2012-05-13T04:35:46-07:00Raymond Hettingerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/178123/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578130-pi-circle/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 578130 by <a href="/recipes/users/178123/">Raymond Hettinger</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/art/">art</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/ascii/">ascii</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/fun/">fun</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/pi/">pi</a>). Revision 5. </p> <p>Computes Pi to many decimal places and prints the digits in a circle.</p>

2011-02-20T07:34:56-08:00Raymond Hettingerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/178123/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577584-amazing-estimation-of-pi-using-the-mandlebrot-set/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 577584 by <a href="/recipes/users/178123/">Raymond Hettinger</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/approximation/">approximation</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/mandlebrot/">mandlebrot</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/pi/">pi</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/strange/">strange</a>). </p> <p>Miraculously, you can estimate π just by counting the number of iterations for a point near the neck to escape. The method has a rigorous error bound.</p>

2009-12-09T15:13:09-08:00FB36http://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4172570/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576981-archimedes-method-for-calculating-pi/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 576981 by <a href="/recipes/users/4172570/">FB36</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/math/">math</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/pi/">pi</a>). </p> <p>Archimedes method for calculating PI.</p>

2010-03-27T00:58:24-07:00FB36http://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4172570/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577154-calculating-pi-using-random-numbers-monte-carlo-me/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 577154 by <a href="/recipes/users/4172570/">FB36</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/math/">math</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/pi/">pi</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/random/">random</a>). </p> <p>Calculating PI using random numbers (Monte Carlo method)</p>