Re: Leibniz Definition Of Pi Not In 5.0.0?
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- Subject: [mg43233] Re: Leibniz Definition Of Pi Not In 5.0.0?
- From: lalu_bhatt at yahoo.com (Bhuvanesh)
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:25:46 -0400 (EDT)
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"H. Burke Jensen" <hbj at ColoradoKidd.com> wrote:
> Does Mathematica 5.0.0 not recognize the Leibniz definition of Pi [Ref.1]?
> This was recognized in Mathematica 3.0.1 and reported to WRI.
The divergence message is incorrect, but this simpler form works:
In[1]:= $Version
Out[1]= 5.0 for Microsoft Windows (June 10, 2003)
In[2]:= Sum[(-1)^(n+1)/(2*n - 1), {n, 1, Infinity}]
Pi
Out[2]= --
4
Thanks for the report.
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Bhuvanesh,
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