In a recent work [6], Borwein and Borwein derived a class of algorithms based on the theory of elliptic integrals that yield very rapidly convergent approximations to elementary constants. The author ...

On average, there are as many prime numbers for which the sum of decimal digits is even as prime numbers for which it is odd. This hypothesis, first made in 1968, has recently been proven by ...

In every number, each place to the left is 10 times greater and each place to the right is 10 times smaller. The decimal point separates the whole numbers from the parts (or fractions) of a number. An ...

Swiss researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden this week claimed a new world record for calculating the number of digits of pi – a staggering 62.8 trillion figures. By my estimate, ...

Decimal places are counted from the decimal point. The number 3 ∙728 is written to three decimal places. The number 5.714 has three decimal places – 3 digits after the decimal point. The number ...

David H. Bailey does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Here's a C/C++ program that converts decimal numbers ranging from 0 to 99,999 to binary and BCD formats. Using a simple algorithm in conjunction with pointer arithmetic and bitwise shifting increases ...

If you're using Excel to calculate monetary values, then you only have to worry about two decimal places in your numbers. Aligning your numbers to the right automatically lines up the decimal points ...