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def gregory_leibniz():
"""
Co-discovered by James Gregory and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
"""
print("Gregory-Leibniz\n===============")
iterations = 400000
denominator = 1.0
multiplier = 1.0
pi = (4.0 / denominator)
for i in range(2, iterations + 1):
denominator += 2.0
multiplier *= -1.0
pi += ( (4.0 / denominator) * multiplier )
print_as_text(pi)
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