Lars Wirzenius
I learnt of a new method for computing the value of an arbitrary bit of pi, any bit, without having to compute the preceding ones first. It's O(1), so quite fast.
Unfortunately it sacrifices mathematical correctness to achieve that speed and is correct only about 50% of the time.
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