The BBP (named after Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe) is a formula for calculating pi
discovered by Simon Plouffe in 1995,
Amazingly, this formula is a digit-extraction algorithm for
in base 16.
Following the discovery of this and related formulas, similar formulas in other bases were investigated. This class of formulas are now known as BBP-type
formulas .
See also BBP-Type Formula ,
Pi
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