98.23 Recursive formulas related to the Arithmetic–Geometric Mean Read and download Alternate access options Read Online Read 100 articles/month free ...

The solution to this problem is the idea of 'recursive real number arithmetic,' which sets the significant digits that represent the precision and outputs rational numbers that satisfy that precision.

Recursion, which commonly appears in mathematics, computer science and linguistics, seems especially head-spinning and brain-straining when identical elements are involved, as in our first problem.