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calculaion of e on a mass scale

 
 
goatman
 
Reply Fri 27 May, 2005 08:12 pm
i'd like to know how i can calculate each decimal of e sepperatly with a sepperate equation.

i'd like to know this because i'm planning to write a program that will calculate 30 million or so decimals of e
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raprap
 
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Reply Fri 27 May, 2005 10:12 pm
well e = lim(n->infinity) [1 + 1/n]^n

so

e=1+1/1!+1/2!+1/3!+1/4!+..............

to get e to the 30 millionth place you need top do this about 30,000,000 times.

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markr
 
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Reply Fri 27 May, 2005 11:37 pm
Here are some places to look.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Digit-ExtractionAlgorithm.html

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SpigotAlgorithm.html

http://www.maa.org/reviews/piunleashed.html
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