Shortcuts to π

Unquestionably the easiest way to arrive at π is to follow the cover of this book, which shows the first few dozen decimal places. 5000 decimal places are listed on page 240f and 400 million decimal places are contained on our CD-ROM. Another easy way to access π is with a computer algebra system such as Mathematica or a special π program, of which there are several on the CD-ROM and dozens more on the Internet.