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In the December 1938 issue of this Monthly, D. H. Lehmer gave a very comprehensive list of formulas for computing π. He rightly chose formulas (23) and (32) as the best self checking pair, with (18) a good substitute for (23).
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Ballantine, J.P. (2000). The Best (?) Formula for Computing π to a Thousand Places. In: Pi: A Source Book. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3240-5_31
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