Java Program to Implement Borwein Algorithm

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This is a Java Program to Implement Borwein Algorithm. Borwein’s algorithm is an algorithm devised by Jonathan and Peter Borwein to calculate the value of 1/π.

Here is the source code of the Java Program to Implement Borwein Algorithm. The Java program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system. The program output is also shown below.

  1. /**
  2.  **  Java Program to Implement Borwein Algorithm
  3.  **/
  4. import java.util.Scanner;
  5.  
  6. /** Class Borwein **/
  7. public class Borwein
  8. {
  9.     /** compute 1/pi **/
  10.     public double getOneByPi(int k)
  11.     {
  12.         double ak = 6.0 - 4 * Math.sqrt(2);
  13.         double yk = Math.sqrt(2) - 1.0;
  14.  
  15.         double ak1 ;
  16.         double yk1 ;
  17.         for (int i = 0; i < k; i++)
  18.         {
  19.             yk1 = (1 - Math.pow((1 - yk * yk * yk * yk),(0.25)))/(1 + Math.pow((1 - yk * yk * yk * yk),(0.25)));
  20.             ak1 = ak * Math.pow((1 + yk1), 4) - Math.pow(2, 2 * i + 3) * yk1 * (1 + yk1 + yk1 * yk1);
  21.             yk = yk1;
  22.             ak = ak1;
  23.         }
  24.         return ak;
  25.     }
  26.     /** Main function **/
  27.     public static void main (String[] args) 
  28.     {
  29.         Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
  30.         System.out.println("Borwein 1/Pi Algorithm Test\n");
  31.         /** Make an object of Borwein class **/
  32.         Borwein b = new Borwein();
  33.  
  34.         System.out.println("Enter number of iterations ");
  35.         int k = scan.nextInt();
  36.  
  37.         System.out.println("\nValue of 1/pi : "+ b.getOneByPi(k));
  38.     }
  39. }

Borwein 1/Pi Algorithm Test
 
Enter number of iterations
5
 
Value of 1/pi : 0.31830988618379075

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