At 10:42 AM 11/20/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Instead of comparing sum to the "known" value of e**x, why not test >for convergence? I.e., if sum == last_sum: break. Seems like that >would be more robust (you don't need to know the answer to computer >the answer), since it seems like it should converge.
Yes! And believe it or not I did that before seeing your post. Works well. See <http://python.pastebin.com/f7c37186a> And also with the amazing Chudnovsky algorithm for pi. See <http://python.pastebin.com/f4410f3dc> Thanks, Dick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
