By Geeks out of the Box Posted on

Calculating √2

Mom, I’ve tried the ancient Babylonian method and got 0 digits of precision after four iterations. Then I tried the continued fraction method and got four digits of precision after 5 iterations!

Two days later:

9 digits of precision after 13 iterations!

Simon also tried calculating Pi using root 2, but didn’t succeed.

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