Timing for calculating Pi to large number of digits using Mathematica 6.0.1

by Nasser Abbasi, March 25,2008

Machine : Windows XP running on  

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Find PI for higher number of digits

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number of digits time in seconds
2 0.
4 0.
8 0.
16 0.
32 0.
64 0.
128 0.
256 0.
512 0.
1024 0.
2048 0.
4096 0.
8192 0.015
16384 5.55654*10^^-19
32768 0.031
65536 0.063
131072 0.172
262144 0.39
524288 0.875
1048576 2.125
2097152 4.954
4194304 11.75
8388608 27.218
16777216 62.438
33554432 142.359
67108864 325.516
134217728 743.672

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