Title
Views Of Pi: Definition And Computation
Abstract
We study several formal proofs and algorithms related to the number it in the context of Coq's standard library. In particular, we clarify the relation between roots of the cosine function and the limit of the alternated series whose terms are the inverse of odd natural numbers (known as Leibnitz' formula). We give a formal description of the arctangent function and its expansion as a power series. We then study other possible descriptions of pi, first as the surface of the unit disk, second as the limit of perimeters of regular polygons with an increasing number of sides. In a third section, we concentrate on techniques to effectively compute approximations of it in the proof assistant by relying on rational numbers and decimal representations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.6092/issn.1972-5787/4343
JOURNAL OF FORMALIZED REASONING
Keywords
DocType
Volume
pi,arctangent
Journal
7
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1972-5787
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yves Bertot144240.82
guillaume allais200.34