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From: Richard.Milward@samba.acs.unc.edu (Richard Milward)
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Subject: re: PI
Keywords: PI, approximations
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Date: 16 Dec 90 21:41:47 GMT
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An interesting and simple approximation to pi is
355/113, which is accurate to about 10**-6.

See also _The Story of Pi_ (or is it _The Book of Pi_?)
(I'll post the real name, author, etc. tomorrow...)

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