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Pi - Unleashed
In the 4,000-year history of research into Pi, results have never been as prolific as present. This book describes, in easy-to-understand language, the latest and most fascinating findings of mathematicians and computer scientists in the field of Pi. Attention is focused on new methods of high-speed computation.
- GenresMathematics
270 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 1998
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July 6, 2021
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Si parla di pi greco, magari senza chiamarlo così, da svariati millenni. Ci sono molti libri che raccontano la storia di questo numero. In questo libro, però, l'approccio è diverso: gli autori sono più interessati alla parte algoritmica moderna - ci sono anche programmi da eseguire - e antica, nel senso che è uno dei pochi testi a mia conoscenza dove viene spiegato come si arriva a ricavare alcuni degli sviluppi in serie più famosi. Nella parte iniziale del libro ci sono anche varie presentazioni di numeri "strani" che hanno a che fare con il nostro pi greco, oltre a un piccolo excursus filosofico. Il testo non è sicuramente a livello elementare, ma è imprescindibile per chi è seriamente interessato a studiare il pi greco.
Si parla di pi greco, magari senza chiamarlo così, da svariati millenni. Ci sono molti libri che raccontano la storia di questo numero. In questo libro, però, l'approccio è diverso: gli autori sono più interessati alla parte algoritmica moderna - ci sono anche programmi da eseguire - e antica, nel senso che è uno dei pochi testi a mia conoscenza dove viene spiegato come si arriva a ricavare alcuni degli sviluppi in serie più famosi. Nella parte iniziale del libro ci sono anche varie presentazioni di numeri "strani" che hanno a che fare con il nostro pi greco, oltre a un piccolo excursus filosofico. Il testo non è sicuramente a livello elementare, ma è imprescindibile per chi è seriamente interessato a studiare il pi greco.
March 16, 2011
In tribute to Pi Day (3.14.2011) rather than baking pies, this year I decided to read “Pi Unleashed”. Even though the book was originally written in German, I found that no meaning was lost in translation. All the chapters were clear and comprehensible, allowing me to easily go through the derivations and theories with no confusing significant grammatical mistakes*.
The book was almost bursting with π facts, history, derivations and algorithms. It was such a blast going through all the different mathematical methods (utilizing trigonometry, calculus, series analysis... etc) that were all leading up to many representations of the one and only π. In fact, there are over 15 pages at the end solely dedicated to the π formula collection!!! In addition, the book comes with a CD that contains the first 400,000,000 decimal places of π… As well as algorithms and programming codes for high precision calculations of pi (ah if only I could program, it would’ve been so much fun to try out the codes this weekend!!:( )…
Anybody who is even remotely intrigued by π is bound to enjoy reading this book. This is definitely one that I would recommend to the mathematics enthusiasts out there!
*Except for one mistake which was clearly a typo. I did not keep track of which page it was on, but it was on one of the right hand side pages along the end of the second or third line, in the last 1/5th of the book. It was just a missing “s” that should have been used to indicate a plural.
The book was almost bursting with π facts, history, derivations and algorithms. It was such a blast going through all the different mathematical methods (utilizing trigonometry, calculus, series analysis... etc) that were all leading up to many representations of the one and only π. In fact, there are over 15 pages at the end solely dedicated to the π formula collection!!! In addition, the book comes with a CD that contains the first 400,000,000 decimal places of π… As well as algorithms and programming codes for high precision calculations of pi (ah if only I could program, it would’ve been so much fun to try out the codes this weekend!!:( )…
Anybody who is even remotely intrigued by π is bound to enjoy reading this book. This is definitely one that I would recommend to the mathematics enthusiasts out there!
*Except for one mistake which was clearly a typo. I did not keep track of which page it was on, but it was on one of the right hand side pages along the end of the second or third line, in the last 1/5th of the book. It was just a missing “s” that should have been used to indicate a plural.
March 20, 2008
It also has a great CD.
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