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Harti Brandt wrote:
DG>501859265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196442881097566593344612847564823378678316
> DG>
> DG>... and so on for many digits.  Neither matches:
> DG>
> DG>echo "scale=200; 4*a(1)" | bc -l
> DG>3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307\
> DG>81640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058\
> DG>223172535940812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196
> 
> If you look careful only the first four digits don't match.

You mean the four most significant digits, right?  8-) 8-) 8-).

-- Terry