Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula

English

Etymology

Named after the authors of the article in which it was published: David H. Bailey, Peter Borwein, and Simon Plouffe.

Proper noun

the Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula

  1. (mathematics) A formula for calculating pi, giving rise to a spigot algorithm for computing the nth base-16 digit without computing the preceding digits.
    Synonym: BBP formula
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