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Topic: e, pi and the 10th degree polynomial
Replies: 7   Last Post: Jul 24, 2010 10:43 PM

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Barry Schwarz

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Re: e, pi and the 10th degree polynomial
Posted: Jul 24, 2010 1:32 PM
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On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:43:15 -0600, Virgil <Virgil@home.esc> wrote:

>In article <psudnbNgP4yS99fRnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> "Jon" <jon8338@peoplepc.com> wrote:
>
>> http://jons-math.bravehost.com/eandpi.html
>
>I find that you first summation is about 1.58195 which is not half of pi.
>
>I find that you second sum works out to be about 16.4, which is not even
>close to half of pi.

I think you lost a minus sign. That doesn't change the fact that the
second sum is wrong also, just not by that much.

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