Word.ws English Dictionary

Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula

Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula proper noun: a formula for calculating pi, giving rise to a spigot algorithm for computing the nth base-16 digit without computing the preceding digits.

Proper noun

the Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula

  1. A formula for calculating pi, giving rise to a spigot algorithm for computing the nth base-16 digit without computing the preceding digits.
    Synonyms:
    BBP formula

Synonyms of Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula

Origin of Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula

Named after the authors of the article in which it was published: David H. Bailey, Peter Borwein, and Simon Plouffe.

Questions about Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula

What does Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula mean?
Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula means a formula for calculating pi, giving rise to a spigot algorithm for computing the nth base-16 digit without computing the preceding digits.
What part of speech is Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula?
Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula is a proper noun.

Words near Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula in the dictionary

  1. Bailey bridge
  2. Bailey bridges
  3. Bailey County
  4. Bailey Island
  5. Bailey's beads
  6. Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula
  7. baileychlore
  8. baileychlores
  9. baileys
  10. Baileyton
  11. baili

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/bailey-borwein-plouffe_formula. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.