I created a BASH script to test the calculation in this video. It calculates Pi without pre-known values but by adding and subtracting fractions of one over odd numbers. 1/1 - 1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + 1/9 - 1/11 + 1/13 ... It gets more accurate the longer you let it run but only for a short time as fractional math in BASH is limited. |
#!/bin/bash D=1 P=0 i=1 while true; do O="-" (( i++ % 2 )) && O="+" P=$(echo "scale=66; ${P} ${O} 1/${D}" | bc) printf "%0.20f \r" $(echo "scale=21; ${P} * 4" | bc) ((D+=2)) done