// y-cruncher Custom Formula File // // This can be loaded directly from the Custom Compute menu or // entered from the command line as "custom:filename". // // y-cruncher custom custom:"constant - algorithm" // // // Author: Alexander J. Yee // Date: February 26, 2018 // // Value: 0.83462684167407318628142973279904680899399301349034... // // 1 // Gauss's Constant = ----------------- // AGM(1, sqrt(2)) // // // The formula used here is derived from Brown's 2009 formula // for Gamma(1/4). // // Source: http://iamned.com/math/infiniteseries.pdf // { NameShort : "Gauss" NameLong : "Gauss's Constant" AlgorithmShort : "Series" AlgorithmLong : "Hypergeometric Series" Formula : { Multiply : [ {SeriesHypergeometric : { CoefficientP : 1 CoefficientQ : 147 CoefficientD : 1 PolynomialP : [15435 -143136 20224 1241088 -856064 -2752512 2621440] PolynomialQ : [0 0 82944 331776 331776] PolynomialR : [105 -1408 5504 -8192 4096] }} {Invsqrt : 31104} ] } }