Atlantic City Method For Computing PI
Here's the slowest, most inefficient method known for computing pi:
Choose an arbitrary initial value x (real) and iterate the function
x --> (2-x)/(3-4x)
M times. Count the number of iterates that fall within a small
interval around zero. For example, let N denote the number of
iterates that fall between -u/2 and +u/2 for some small u. Then
the limiting value of the ratio uM/N is pi (for sufficiently
large M as u goes to zero). I call this the Atlantic City method
of computing pi.
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