pi as a sum

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Alex Perisanidis
Alex Perisanidis on 23 Jan 2018
Answered: Jos (10584) on 23 Jan 2018
. Leibniz discovered that π can be approximated using the formula
π = 4 * ∑((-1)^k)/(2k+1)
(a) Write a MATLAB function pi_approx1(n) that returns the approximation of π using the first n terms of the Leibniz series above.
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KALYAN ACHARJYA
KALYAN ACHARJYA on 23 Jan 2018
Check here
https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/355872-approximating-pi-using-a-series?s_tid=answers_rc1-2_p2_MLT

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Jos (10584)
Jos (10584) on 23 Jan 2018
My take would be to " Write a matlab function ":
function p = LeibnizPi(n)
p = 0 ;
for k = 1:n
p = p + % fill in formula here ...
end
and call it from the command line like
>> LeibnizPi(4)

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