Name: Scott Votke
Track: Operations Research
Office: Don't have one yet
Email: Svotke@ams.sunysb.edu



Pi Code
Here are 2 methods for approximting pi. The first is a series method by Madhava in the 1400's. The second is a sequential method by Richard Brent and Eugene Salamin in 1975 which copares four different sequences called the Brent-Salamin algorithm.

Instructions for running the pi code:
Step 1.
Compile it by using the command gcc approxpi.c -o approxpi -lm
Step 2.
Execute it: ./approxpi
Step 3.
HAVE FUN!!!