NAME pi - evaluate pi to specified accuracy SYNOPSIS pi([eps]) TYPES eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon() return real DESCRIPTION Returns a multiple of eps differing from the true value of pi by less than 0.75 eps, and in nearly all cases by less than 0.5 eps. EXAMPLE > print pi(1e-5), pi(1e-10), pi(1e-15), pi(1e-20) 3.14159 3.1415926536 3.141592653589793 3.14159265358979323846 LIMITS eps > 0 LINK LIBRARY NUMBER *qpi(NUMBER *eps) SEE ALSO XXX - fill in ## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll ## ## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under ## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License ## as published by the Free Software Foundation. ## ## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY ## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General ## Public License for more details. ## ## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is ## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have ## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc. ## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. ## ## @(#) $Revision: 29.1 $ ## @(#) $Id: pi,v 29.1 1999/12/14 09:16:02 chongo Exp $ ## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/help/RCS/pi,v $ ## ## Under source code control: 1995/10/25 04:03:46 ## File existed as early as: 1995 ## ## chongo /\oo/\ http://reality.sgi.com/chongo/ ## Share and enjoy! :-) http://reality.sgi.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/