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Bill Ricker

@mordoc @tebrown @nixCraft
Yes.
But that table omits the critical entry for 1592CE which got this answer.

Bill Ricker

@mordoc @tebrown @nixCraft
And Machin series will still find this value at eighth term!

round digits error rounded with-next-dig
00: (01) -4.17e-02 3.2 3.18
01: (03) 9.96e-04 3.141 3.1405
02: (04) -2.84e-05 3.1416 3.14162
03: (06) 8.81e-07 3.141592 3.1415917
04: (07) -2.88e-08 3.1415927 3.14159268
05: (09) 9.74e-10 3.141592653 3.1415926526
06: (10) -3.38e-11 3.1415926536 3.14159265362
07: (11) 1.19e-12 3.14159265359 3.141592653588

Mordoc 🇨🇦

@n1vux @tebrown @nixCraft Totally agree, it just makes sense of where it got the information. It's the old, "AI your slip is showing..."

Bill Ricker

@mordoc @tebrown @nixCraft yeah, getting the answer from Reddit not Wikipedia or Wolfram Mathematica or OEIS demonstrates that there is no Understanding in merely syntactic LLM PISS Artificial Ignorance.

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