Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bailey-borwein-plouffe formula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bai-ley-bor-wein--plouf-fe -for-mu-la
IPA

50

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

10

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A formula for calculating pi, giving rise to a spigot algorithm for computing the nth base-16 digit without computing the preceding digits.

Etymology

Named after the authors of the article in which it was published: David H. Bailey, Peter Borwein, and Simon Plouffe.

Inflected Forms

the Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula (canonical)

Synonyms

BBP formula

Questions

What does bailey-borwein-plouffe formula mean?: A formula for calculating pi, giving rise to a spigot algorithm for computing the nth base-16 digit without computing the preceding digits.
Where does bailey-borwein-plouffe formula come from?: Named after the authors of the article in which it was published: David H. Bailey, Peter Borwein, and Simon Plouffe.

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