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4915 digits of pi - MCODE 41 (19660 digits optional)



#8

Hi,

A few months back Katie insidiously infected me with the Pi bug (see here), from which I had been save until then. She has created a series of deeply impressive programs for a variety of HP calculators:Katie’s Pi article. Not knowing anything about the field I proceeded to read her programs as well as follow the kind explanations, links and book suggestions from her and Egan. Especially the Spigot algorithm was suggested as an interesting candidate.

Looking through the form I also found numerous threads for Pi calculations on the hp41. JFG had a program that calculated 560 digits in 22hours (see here). A program ‘Deep Pi’ is discussed here but seems to have extremely long run times. The first 6 digits take 38 minutes. And 625 digits take tens of days…
According to an old post from Gene Wright (see here) about a challenge between the TI-59 and HP-41 it would seem that with reasonable times, 1160 digits (15.5 hours) was the top mark. Allowing unreasonable run times, the incredible number of 3600 digits could be reached, albeit only in 4 month…

Please find below my own little contribution to the Many-Digits-of-Pi story on the HP-41 using MCODE. It is neither particularly elegant or ingenious (quite the opposite) but it does deliver 1160 digits in about 9 hours (instead of 15.5), 3600 digits in about 4 days (instead of 120 days), and 4915 digits in about 8 days. Using a RSU-2 unit with 128k (and a small extension of the code to switch banks, not implemented) one could calculate 19660 digits of pi in about 21.5 weeks. See a logarithmic comparison chart:

The code implements a straight forward Spigot mechanism (see Pi Unleashed, thanks Egan) using MLDL ram to store the intermediate results. Each intermediate result (the a(i)’s) are stored in 2 MLDL words (left and right Nybble). The right Nybble is converted to hex as each word can store at most 399d but can store 3ffh(=4096d). As the numbers don’t grow larger than 399,999, we can leave the left nybble in dec format. Also, as there are no 5 or 6 9’s consecutively in Pi in the first 20,000 digits, we don’t have to worry about that either.

The code asks for three inputs: The page where the MLDL ram starts to use, the number of digits and the base b to use (max = 5 for 5 digits at a time). One can set Flag 0 and the calc will stop at each group of digits and wait for a key to be pressed, otherwise it just keeps calculating, calculating, calculating… Setting Flag 1 will store the found digits in the same compressed format – each group of up to 5 digits is stored in 2 words, with the right nybble converted to hex. They are stored in reversed order though.

Runtimes are quite accurately n^2 (see table 1 below). Actual run-times on physical HP’s where done up to 505 digits and above I used the SDK emulator. Times marked with (*) are extrapolated from existing times using a power fit through the first 9 data-points up to 4915 digits with an R2 of 0.9992 so they should be quite accurate.

Cheers, Peter

* PI.SRC
* Assembled by A41
* Thu Feb 26 16:39:13 2009
.TITLE "PI"
.JDA
.EQU [PCTOC] 00D7
;*****************************************************************************************
;* FAT for MANYDIGOFPI
;*****************************************************************************************
0000 005 XROM 5 ;XROM number.
0001 002 FCNS 2 ;Header + functions
0002 000013 DEFR4K [Header] 0013 ;1 - first executable of header
0004 000018 DEFR4K [MDOP] 0018 ;2 - Many Digits of Pi
0006 000 NOP
0007 000 NOP
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.NAME "MANYDIGOFPI"
*0008 089 #089 ; "I"
*0009 010 #010 ; "P"
*000A 006 #006 ; "F"
*000B 00F #00F ; "O"
*000C 007 #007 ; "G"
*000D 009 #009 ; "I"
*000E 004 #004 ; "D"
*000F 019 #019 ; "Y"
*0010 00E #00E ; "N"
*0011 001 #001 ; "A"
*0012 00D #00D ; "M"
0013 3E0 [Header] RTN
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Many Digits of PI
; Spigot algorithm from Pi-book
; uses base b <= 5 to show 5 digits at a time
;Flag0 - wait for key press after each group is shown
;Flag1 - store result digits in reverse order from end (iStart)
;Input:
; X : base b in powers of 10
; Y : n - number of digits wanted
; Z : p - page number of start of MLDL ram to use
;--------------
; All Stack and Alpha is used for temp storage
; 3(X): i in dec, 1step 5(M): orig iStart in hex and 2 step
; 2(Y): tmp 6(N): last addr in hex and 2 step
; 1(Z): iBits in dec, 1 step 7(O): iBits in hex, 2 step
; 4(L): iStart in dec, 1 step 8(P): b|iStart in hex and 2 step
; 9(Q): q - remainder 0(T): page number in hex in C:[0]
;-------------
; All numbers are integers without exponent starting at C[0]
; User-Flag 0 -> wait for key press after each numbers shown. Stored in M-Flag 9
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.NAME "MDOP"
*0014 090 #090 ; "P"
*0015 00F #00F ; "O"
*0016 004 #004 ; "D"
*0017 00D #00D ; "M"
0018 1A0 [MDOP] A=B=C=0 ;
; set Flag 0 if we want to wait for key
0019 244 CLRF 9
001A 3B8 READ 14(d)
001B 046 C=0 S&X
001C 2FC RCR 13 ;first nybble into C[0}
001D 3D8 C<>ST
001E 00C ?FSET 3 ;is userflag 0 set?
001F 023 JNC (sf0l1) +4 0023
0020 3D8 C<>ST
0021 248 SETF 9 ;
0022 013 JNC (sf0l2) +2 0024
0023 3D8 (sf0l1) C<>ST
;calc and store page number to start MLDL-RAM
0024 078 (sf0l2) READ 1(Z) ;read in number from user
0025 05E C=0 MS ;kill any sign
0026 056 C=0 XS ;kill any sign on exponent
0027 31C R= 1
0028 042 C=0 @R ;make sure it is a reasonable number <100
0029 38D008 ?NCXQ [BCDBIN] 02E3 ;convert to hex in C[S&X]
002B 0AE A<>C ALL
002C 04E C=0 ALL
002D 260 SETHEX
002E 130010 LDIS&X 010
0030 306 ?A<C S&X ;max page is F
0031 0B50A2 ?NCGO [ERRDE] 282D
0033 04E C=0 ALL
0034 270 RAMSLCT
0035 0AE A<>C ALL
0036 2F0 WRITDATA ;store into T(0)
;---------- Calc iStart = floor(10*n/3 + 1)
0037 2A0 SETDEC
0038 0B8 READ 2(Y) ;read in n
0039 226 C=C+1 S&X ;*10
003A 0AE A<>C ALL
003B 04E C=0 ALL
003C 130003 LDIS&X 003
003E 23C RCR 2 ;C:=3
003F 261060 ?NCXQ [DV2_10] 1898 ;C = A/C
0041 00E A=0 ALL
0042 35C R= 12
0043 162 A=A+1 @R
0044 01D060 ?NCXQ [AD2_10] 1807 ;(10*n/3 + 1)
0046 088 SETF 5 ;to get int function
0047 0ED064 ?NCXQ [INTFRC] 193B ;C= int(10*n/3 +1) = iStart in dec and 1 step
0049 39C [tmp1] R= 0 ;get rid of exponent
004A 2A2 C=-C-1 @R ;get 10-exp
004B 262 C=C-1 @R
004C 3DA (pil1) RSHFC M
004D 262 C=C-1 @R
004E 3F3 JNC (pil1) -2 004C
004F 046 C=0 S&X ;clear underflow
0050 03C RCR 3 ;flush right
0051 128 WRIT 4(L) ;iStart
0052 1EE C=C+C ALL ;2nyb per i
0053 0AE A<>C ALL
0054 260 SETHEX
0055 37903C187 ?NCXQREL [4DEC2HEX] 0187
0058 0AE A<>C ALL
0059 149024 ?NCXQ [ENCP00] 0952 ;just in case
005B 038 READ 0(T) ;page to use
005C 1BC RCR 11 ;=-3
005D 260 SETHEX
005E 20E C=A+C ALL ; istart in Hex and 2 steps per i
005F 1BC RCR 11 ;to have it in right pos in C
0060 168 WRIT 5(M) ;store iStart for usage in later MLDL RAM Clean-up
0061 03C RCR 3 ;shift back for P reg storage format
0062 0AE A<>C ALL
0063 0F8 READ 3(X) ;b
0064 2FC RCR 13 ;=-1
0065 0BE A<>C MS
0066 0AE A<>C ALL
0067 228 WRIT 8(P) ;b|iStart in hex
0068 138 READ 4(L) ;iStart in dec and 1 step
0069 0E8 WRIT 3(x) ;i in dec and 1 step
006A 238 [CalcInit] READ 8(P) ;b|iStart in hex
006B 2A0 SETDEC ;calc 2*(b-1)!!!
006C 0AE A<>C ALL
006D 1BE A=A-1 MS ;b-1
006E 04E C=0 ALL
006F 130002 LDIS&X 002
0071 2FC (pil2) RCR 13
0072 1BE A=A-1 MS
0073 3F3 JNC (pil2) -2 0071
0074 33C [InitW2] RCR 1 ;undo overflow shift
0075 158 M=C ;save initvalue temporarily
0076 00E A=0 ALL ;prep A & B
0077 02E B=0 ALL
0078 0A6 A<>C S&X ;right Nybble into A
0079 260 SETHEX
007A 37903C185 ?NCXQREL [Do3rd_EP] 0185 ;convert A[S&X] into hex -> C[S&X]
007D 0A6 A<>C S&X ;right Nybble into A[S&X]
007E 198 C=M ;bring back full init value in dec
007F 03C RCR 3
0080 0E6 B<>C S&X ;left nybble in B[S&X], right Nybble in A[S&X]
0081 149024 [InitLoop] ?NCXQ [ENCP00] 0952 ;clear C and select chip 0
0083 038 READ 0(T) ;page number to use, hex and right justified
0084 13C RCR 8 ;=-6. C[3:6] = 8000
0085 23A C=C+1 M ;8001 -> we don't use address 8000. i starts at 1 and not at 0
0086 0BA A<>C M ; A[M] = 8001
0087 238 READ 8(P) ;b|iStart in hex
0088 05E C=0 MS
0089 1BC RCR 11 ;=-3 to get iStart into C[M]
008A 260 SETHEX
008B 0A6 [WR2L] A<>C S&X ;right nybble
008C 040 WROM
008D 000 NOP
008E 0A6 A<>C S&X
008F 27A C=C-1 M ;addre for left nybble
0090 0C6 C=B S&X ;left nybble
0091 040 WROM
0092 000 NOP
0093 37A ?A#C M ;compare to 8000
0094 01B JNC [DoneInit] +3 0097
0095 27A C=C-1 M
0096 3AB JNC [WR2L] -11 008B
0097 2A0 [DoneInit] SETDEC
0098 1A0 A=B=C=0 ;init other vars
0099 149024 ?NCXQ [ENCP00] 0952
009B 268 WRIT 9(Q) ;q:=0
009C 238 [CalciBits] READ 8(P)
009D 05A C=0 M
009E 046 C=0 S&X
009F 33C RCR 1
00A0 130001 LDIS&X 001 ;10*b
00A2 00E A=0 ALL
00A3 0AE A<>C ALL
00A4 130003 LDIS&X 003
00A6 23C RCR 2 ;C;= 3
00A7 261060 ?NCXQ [DV2_10] 1898 ;c=a/c = 10*b/3
00A9 00E A=0 ALL
00AA 35C R= 12
00AB 162 A=A+1 @R
00AC 01D060 ?NCXQ [AD2_10] 1807 ;C=A+C = 10*b/3 + 1
00AE 088 SETF 5
00AF 0ED064 ?NCXQ [INTFRC] 193B
00B1 39C R= 0
00B2 2A2 C=-C-1 @R
00B3 262 C=C-1 @R
00B4 2E2 (pil3) ?C#0 @R
00B5 3DA RSHFC M
00B6 262 C=C-1 @R
00B7 3EB JNC (pil3) -3 00B4
00B8 046 C=0 S&X ;clear underflow
00B9 03C RCR 3 ;C:= iBits in dec
00BA 068 [tmp2] WRIT 1(Z) ;iBits in dec and 1 step in Z
00BB 1EE C=C+C ALL
00BC 00E A=0 ALL ;prep A&B
00BD 02E B=0 ALL
00BE 0A6 A<>C S&X ;iBits in dec and 2 Steps into A[S&X] -> hex
00BF 260 SETHEX
00C0 37903C185 ?NCXQREL [Do3rd_EP] 0185
00C3 0A6 A<>C S&X ;save result into A
00C4 149024 ?NCXQ [ENCP00] 0952
00C6 0A6 A<>C S&X ;bring back iBits in hex and 2 step
00C7 1E8 WRIT 7(O) ;iBits in hex and 2 step
;-------------------------------------------
; Start the loop
00C8 238 [InitML] READ 8(P) ;
00C9 05E C=0 MS
00CA 1BC RCR 11 ;-3 ;iStart into C[M]
00CB 260 SETHEX
00CC 23A C=C+1 M ;GetA(i) expexts address of last nybble in A(i)
00CD 0AE C<>A ALL ;so that A is only the hex address and all other stuff is clear
00CE 260 [iLoop] SETHEX ;for later loops needed
00CF 37903C1BA ?NCXQREL [GetA(i)] 01BA
00D2 0AE A<>C ALL ;A(i) into A[0:5]
00D3 1A8 WRIT 6(N) ;last address into N in hex, 2 step
00D4 260 SETHEX
00D5 37903C235 ?NCXQREL [Calc_bA+qi] 0235 ;res in C
00D8 0AE A<>C ALL ;res into A
00D9 0F8 READ 3(x) ;i in dec, 1 step
00DA 2A0 SETDEC
00DB 1EE C=C+C ALL
00DC 26E C=C-1 ALL ;2*i - 1
00DD 0EE C<>B ALL ;into B
00DE 260 SETHEX
00DF 37903C216 ?NCXQREL [CalcRnQ] 0216
00E2 268 WRIT 9(Q) ;q in C, r in A
00E3 06E A<>B ALL ;r into B. prep for SaveA(i)
00E4 1B8 READ 6(N) ;last address in hex and 2 step
00E5 260 SETHEX
00E6 23A C=C+1 M
00E7 0AE C<>A ALL
00E8 37903C1E7 ?NCXQREL [SaveA(i)] 01E7
00EB 149024 [Nxti] ?NCXQ [ENCP00] 0952
00ED 0F8 READ 3(x) ;i in dec and 1 step
00EE 2A0 SETDEC
00EF 26E C=C-1 ALL
00F0 0E8 WRIT 3(X) ;next i in dec and 1 step
00F1 1B8 READ 6(N) ;last addr in hex and 2 step
00F2 0AE C<>A ALL ;prep for [GetA(i)]
00F3 0F8 READ 3(X) ;check if we are done
00F4 26E C=C-1 ALL ;if this is 0 we are done and need to process A(1)
00F5 2EE ?C#0 ALL
00F6 2C7 JC [iLoop] -40 00CE
00F7 260 [DoA(1)] SETHEX
00F8 37903C1BA ?NCXQREL [GetA(i)] 01BA
00FB 0AE A<>C ALL ;A(i) into A
00FC 1A8 WRIT 6(N) ;last address into N in hex, 2 step
00FD 260 SETHEX
00FE 37903C235 ?NCXQREL [Calc_bA+qi] 0235 ;result in C
;right b digits = remainder = A(1)
0101 158 M=C ;temp store result
0102 149024 ?NCXQ [ENCP00] 0952
;---- Stepping stone ---
0104 013 JNC (step1) +2 0106
0105 21B [StepML2] JNC [InitML] -61 00C8
;-----------------------
0106 238 (step1) READ 8(P)
0107 0BE A<>C MS ;b into A[MS]
0108 02E B=0 ALL
0109 0E0 SLCTQ
010A 2DC R= 13
010B 0A0 SLCTP
010C 2DC R= 13
010D 2A0 SETDEC
010E 198 C=M ;bring back b*A(1) + q*i
010F 3DC (da1l1) R=R+1
0110 1BE A=A-1 MS
0111 3F3 JNC (da1l1) -2 010F
0112 0F2 B<>C P-Q ;clean out digits and save result in B
0113 0EE B<>C ALL ;remainder into B as prep for SaveA(i)
0114 0A8 WRIT 2(Y) ;temp storage of result
0115 1B8 READ 6(N) ;last address in hex and 2 step
0116 260 SETHEX
0117 23A C=C+1 M
0118 0AE C<>A ALL
0119 37903C1E7 ?NCXQREL [SaveA(i)] 01E7
011C 149024 [ShowDigs] ?NCXQ [ENCP00] 0952
011E 238 READ 8(P) ;
011F 158 M=C ;save iStart
0120 2A0 SETDEC
0121 1FE C=C+C MS ;calc extra shifts needed
0122 29E C=0-C MS ;
0123 0BE A<>C MS
0124 006 A=0 S&X ;counter for leading 0s
0125 166 A=A+1 S&X
0126 0B8 READ 2(Y) ; bring back result digits
0127 35C R= 12 ; shift to left (attention! This kills leading 0s!)
0128 1BC RCR 11 ;min shift left is 3 (as res is right justified)
0129 35E (sdl2) ?A#0 MS
012A 02B JNC (sdl1ep) +5 012F
012B 1BE A=A-1 MS
012C 2FC RCR 13
012D 3E3 JNC (sdl2) -4 0129
012E 2FC (sdl1) RCR 13 ;shift left 1 step so that we always show d.dddd or the like
012F 1A6 (sdl1ep) A=A-1 S&X ;for leading zeros
0130 2E2 ?C#0 @R
0131 3EB JNC (sdl1) -3 012E
0132 0A8 WRIT 2(Y) ;store for potential later save
;---- Stepping stone ---
0133 013 JNC [DoneShift] +2 0135
0134 28B [StepML1] JNC [StepML2] -47 0105
;-----------------------
0135 0A6 [DoneShift] A<>C S&X ;bring in neg exp for leading zeros
0136 09902C ?NCXQ [DSPCRG] 0B26 ;shows full C-reg. uses all flags0-7
0138 198 C=M ;bring back iStart & B
0139 228 WRIT 8(P)
013A 24C ?FSET 9 ;do we wait for key press?
013B 03B JNC [NoWaitC] +7 0142 ;no -> just continue
013C 261000 ?NCXQ [RSTKB] 0098 ;debounce & reset keyboard
013E 3CC [KeyWL] ?KEY ;is a key pressed
013F 3FB JNC [KeyWL] -1 013E ;no --> keep waiting
0140 3C10B0 [CNewiSt] ?NCXQ [CLLCDE] 2CF0
0142 149024 [NoWaitC] ?NCXQ [ENCP00] 0952
0144 3B8 READ 14(d) ;check if we want to write the numbers out to MLDL RAM
0145 046 C=0 S&X
0146 2FC RCR 13 ;first nybble into C[0]
0147 358 ST=C ;
0148 20C ?FSET 2 ;is user flag 1 set
0149 08B JNC [NoSave] +17 015A
014A 238 READ 8(P)
014B 0BE A<>C MS ;get base to A[MS]
014C 0B8 READ 2(Y) ;get digits
014D 2A0 SETDEC
014E 2FC (wl1) RCR 13 ;shift one left
014F 1BE A=A-1 MS
0150 3F3 JNC (wl1) -2 014E
0151 0EE C<>B ALL ;prep for SaveA(i)
0152 178 READ 5(M)
0153 10E A=C ALL
0154 260 SETHEX ;now calc new last address
0155 27A C=C-1 M
0156 27A C=C-1 M
0157 168 WRIT 5(M)
0158 39D004 ?NCXQ [SaveA(i)] 01E7
015A 149024 [NoSave] ?NCXQ [ENCP00] 0952
015C 238 READ 8(P)
015D 05E C=0 MS
015E 0AE A<>C ALL
015F 1F8 READ 7(O) ;2*iBits in hex
0160 260 SETHEX
0161 1CE A=A-C ALL ;new iStart
0162 238 READ 8(P)
0163 0BE A<>C MS
0164 0AE A<>C ALL
0165 228 WRIT 8(P)
0166 138 READ 4(L) ;iStart in Dec
0167 0AE A<>C ALL
0168 078 READ 1(Z) ;iBits in dec
0169 2A0 SETDEC
016A 24E C=A-C ALL
016B 057 JC [MDOP_Done] +10 0175 ;if underflow, we are definitely done :-)
016C 128 WRIT 4(L) ;new iStart in dec, 1 step
016D 0E8 WRIT 3(X) ; i in dec, 1 step
016E 0AE A<>C ALL ;check if we are done
016F 238 READ 8(P)
0170 05A C=0 M
0171 046 C=0 S&X
0172 2FC RCR 13 ;b into C[0]
0173 1CE A=A-C ALL ;iStart - b > 0
0174 203 JNC [StepML1] -64 0134 ;yes -> next loop
0175 149024 [MDOP_Done] ?NCXQ [ENCP00] 0952 ;clear MLDL RAM
0177 038 READ 0(T) ;read in page number
0178 13C RCR 8 ;=-6
0179 0AE A<>C ALL
017A 178 READ 5(M) ;read in orig iStart (-stored pi digits if any)
017B 0AE A<>C ALL
017C 040 (cl1) WROM ;loop to clear MLDL
017D 000 NOP
017E 23A C=C+1 M
017F 31A ?A<C M
0180 3E3 JNC (cl1) -4 017C
0181 345040 ?NCXQ [CLA] 10D1 ;clear our junk
0183 3E5042 ?NCGO [CLST] 10F9 ;clear out junk and return to OS
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;MCODE Function 4DEC2HEX
; convert 4-digit dec into hex
;
;---------------
;Some entry ponts
0185 04E [Do3rd_EP] C=0 ALL ;Clear crap from NCXQREL
0186 08B JNC [Do3rd+1] +17 0197
;--------------------------------------------------
0187 04E [4DEC2HEX] C=0 ALL ;4-dig dec number in A
0188 02E B=0 ALL
0189 130004 LDIS&X 004
018B 1BC RCR 11 ;=-3
018C 130096 LDIS&X 096 ;C[0:3] = 4096
018E 0EE B<>C ALL
018F 01C R= 3
0190 2A0 [4dl] SETDEC
0191 18E A=A-B ALL
0192 027 JC [Do3rd] +4 0196
0193 260 SETHEX
0194 222 C=C+1 @R
0195 3DB JNC [4dl] -5 0190
0196 12E [Do3rd] A=A+B ALL
0197 0EE [Do3rd+1] C<>B ALL
0198 04E C=0 ALL
0199 130256 LDIS&X 256
019B 0EE C<>B ALL
019C 21C R= 2
019D 2A0 [3dl] SETDEC
019E 18E A=A-B ALL
019F 027 JC [Do2nd] +4 01A3
01A0 260 SETHEX
01A1 222 C=C+1 @R
01A2 3DB JNC [3dl] -5 019D
01A3 12E [Do2nd] A=A+B ALL
01A4 0EE [Do2nd+1] C<>B ALL
01A5 130016 LDIS&X 016
01A7 0EE C<>B ALL
01A8 31C R= 1
01A9 2A0 [2dl] SETDEC
01AA 18E A=A-B ALL
01AB 027 JC [Do1st] +4 01AF
01AC 260 SETHEX
01AD 222 C=C+1 @R
01AE 3DB JNC [2dl] -5 01A9
01AF 12E [Do1st] A=A+B ALL
01B0 342 [Do1d] ?A#0 @R ;do we have 10-15 left?
01B1 033 JNC [DoLast] +6 01B7
01B2 260 SETHEX
01B3 22E C=C+1 ALL
01B4 2A0 SETDEC
01B5 1AE A=A-1 ALL
01B6 3D3 JNC [Do1d] -6 01B0
01B7 260 [DoLast] SETHEX
01B8 20E C=C+A ALL
01B9 3E0 [4DHDone] RTN
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;MCODE Function GetA(i)
; Get A(i) stored in 2 words in MLDL-RAM
; right nybble is in hex, left nybble is in dec
; Input
; Last left nybble address in A[M]
; Ouput
; A(i) in dec in C[ALL], left nybble address in A[M]
;SETHEX expected
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01BA 1BA [GetA(i)] A=A-1 M ;next nybble
01BB 0BA11A C=A M
01BD 330 FETCHS&X ;right nybble in C[S&X], still in hex
01BE 006 A=0 S&X
01BF 0E6 B<>C S&X
01C0 130256 LDIS&X 256
01C2 0E6 B<>C S&X
01C3 21C R= 2 ;first digit
01C4 260 [Do3_h2d] SETHEX
01C5 262 C=C-1 @R
01C6 027 JC [Prep2_h2d] +4 01CA
01C7 2A0 SETDEC
01C8 126 A=A+B S&X
01C9 3DB JNC [Do3_h2d] -5 01C4
01CA 222 [Prep2_h2d] C=C+1 @R
01CB 0E6 B<>C S&X
01CC 130016 LDIS&X 016
01CE 0E6 B<>C S&X
01CF 31C R= 1
01D0 260 [Do2_h2d] SETHEX
01D1 262 C=C-1 @R
01D2 027 JC [Prep1_h2d] +4 01D6
01D3 2A0 SETDEC
01D4 126 A=A+B S&X
01D5 3DB JNC [Do2_h2d] -5 01D0
01D6 222 [Prep1_h2d] C=C+1 @R
01D7 39C R= 0
01D8 260 [Do1_h2d] SETHEX
01D9 262 C=C-1 @R
01DA 027 JC [DoneH2D] +4 01DE
01DB 2A0 SETDEC
01DC 166 A=A+1 S&X
01DD 3DB JNC [Do1_h2d] -5 01D8
01DE 1BA [DoneH2D] A=A-1 M ;A[S&X] is right nybble in dec
01DF 0BA11A C=A M
01E1 330 FETCHS&X ;left nybble
01E2 05E C=0 MS
01E3 05A C=0 M
01E4 1BC RCR 11 ;=-3
01E5 0A6 A<>C S&X ;A(i) in C[0:5], last address in A[M]
01E6 3E0 RTN
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;MCODE Function SaveA(i)
; Store A(i) in 2 words in MLDL-RAM
; right nybble is in hex, left nybble is in dec
; Input
; A[M]: i, right Nybble
; B[All] = A(i)
;
; Output
; i in C[M] for left Nybble
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01E7 04E [SaveA(i)] C=0 ALL ;clear crap from NCXQREL
01E8 066 A<>B S&X ;dec->hex right Nybble from A(i)
01E9 130256 LDIS&X 256
01EB 0E6 B<>C S&X
01EC 046 C=0 S&X
01ED 21C R= 2
01EE 260 (sail1) SETHEX
01EF 222 C=C+1 @R
01F0 2A0 SETDEC
01F1 186 A=A-B S&X
01F2 3E3 JNC (sail1) -4 01EE
01F3 126 A=A+B S&X
01F4 260 SETHEX
01F5 262 C=C-1 @R
01F6 0E6 (saipl2) C<>B S&X
01F7 130016 LDIS&X 016
01F9 0E6 C<>B S&X
01FA 31C R= 1
01FB 260 (sail2) SETHEX
01FC 222 C=C+1 @R
01FD 2A0 SETDEC
01FE 186 A=A-B S&X
01FF 3E3 JNC (sail2) -4 01FB
0200 126 A=A+B S&X
0201 260 SETHEX
0202 262 C=C-1 @R
0203 342 (saipl3) ?A#0 @R ;doe we have 10,11,12,13,14 or 15?
0204 033 JNC (saipd) +6 020A ;no -> just finish up
0205 260 SETHEX
0206 226 C=C+1 S&X
0207 2A0 SETDEC
0208 1A6 A=A-1 S&X
0209 3D3 JNC (saipl3) -6 0203
020A 260 (saipd) SETHEX
020B 206 C=A+C S&X
020C 0BA C<>A M ;bring in address for right nybble
020D 040 WROM
020E 000 NOP
020F 27A C=C-1 M ;now get left nybble
0210 0EE C<>B ALL
0211 03C RCR 3
0212 0FA C<>B M
0213 040 WROM
0214 000 NOP
0215 3E0 RTN ;i in C[M]
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;MCODE Function CalcR&Q
; Calculates the quotient q and the remainder r of A(i) / (2i-1)
;
; Input
; A: = A(i)
; B: 2i - 1 in decimal, 1 step
;
; Ouput
; C: q
; A: r
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0216 04E [CalcRnQ] C=0 ALL ;clear crap from >NCXQREL
0217 2A0 SETDEC
0218 32E ?A<B ALL ;is A(i) < (2i-1) -> res = 0
0219 360 ?CRTN ;just return. C=q=0, A=r=A(i)
021A 0A0 SLCTP ;find start of A(i)
021B 39C R= 0
021C 3D4 (crql1) R=R-1
021D 342 ?A#0 @R
021E 3F3 JNC (crql1) -2 021C ;find first dig of A
021F 0E0 SLCTQ ;use Q as counter to shift B
0220 2DC R= 13
0221 0EE C<>B ALL
0222 33C RCR 1
0223 2FC (crql2) RCR 13 ;=-1
0224 0E0 SLCTQ
0225 3DC R=R+1
0226 0A0 SLCTP
0227 2E2 ?C#0 @R
0228 3DB JNC (crql2) -5 0223
0229 0EE B<>C ALL
022A 0E0 SLCTQ
022B 222 (crql3) C=C+1 @R
022C 18E A=A-B ALL
022D 3F3 JNC (crql3) -2 022B
022E 12E A=A+B ALL
022F 262 C=C-1 @R
0230 3AE RSHFB ALL
0231 3D4 R=R-1
0232 2D4 ?R= 13
0233 3C3 JNC (crql3) -8 022B
0234 3E0 RTN ;q in C, r in A
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;MCODE Function Calc_bA(i)+qi
; Calculates the b*A(i) + q*i
;
; Input
; A(i) in A[0:5]
;
;
; Ouput
; C:= b*A(i) + q*i
;
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0235 238 [Calc_bA+qi] READ 8(P)
0236 0AE A<>C ALL
0237 2FC (cbal1) RCR 13 ;=-1
0238 1BE A=A-1 MS
0239 3F3 JNC (cbal1) -2 0237
023A 33C RCR 1 ;c=b*A(i)
023B 158 M=C ;store b*A(i) in M
023C 278 READ 9(Q)
023D 0EE B<>C ALL
023E 0F8 READ 3(x) ;i in dec
023F 00E A=0 ALL
0240 39C R= 0
0241 2A0 SETDEC
0242 05B JNC [Qi_St] +11 024D
0243 262 [QiL2] C=C-1 @R ;counting down
0244 12E [QiL1] A=A+B ALL ;running sum
0245 262 C=C-1 @R
0246 3F3 JNC [QiL1] -2 0244
0247 3CE [QiNxt] RSHFC ALL
0248 0EE B<>C ALL
0249 2FC RCR 13 ;=LSHFC = c*10
024A 0EE B<>C ALL
024B 2EE ?C#0 ALL ;done with all digits?
024C 023 JNC [QiDone] +4 0250
024D 2E2 [Qi_St] ?C#0 @R ;is this a 0 digit?
024E 3CB JNC [QiNxt] -7 0247 ;yes, next digit
024F 3A3 JNC [QiL2] -12 0243 ;no -> do loop
0250 198 [QiDone] C=M ;get back b*A(i)
0251 20E C=C+A ALL
0252 3E0 RTN
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* GLOBAL SYMBOLS
* SYMBOL VALUE TYPE REFERENCES
* [2dl] 01A9 REL 01AE
* [3dl] 019D REL 01A2
* [4DEC2HEX] 0187 REL 0055
* [4DHDone] 01B9 REL
* [4dl] 0190 REL 0195
* [CNewiSt] 0140 REL
* [CalcInit] 006A REL
* [CalcRnQ] 0216 REL 00DF
* [Calc_bA+qi] 0235 REL 00D5 00FE
* [CalciBits] 009C REL
* [Do1_h2d] 01D8 REL 01DD
* [Do1d] 01B0 REL 01B6
* [Do1st] 01AF REL 01AB
* [Do2_h2d] 01D0 REL 01D5
* [Do2nd+1] 01A4 REL
* [Do2nd] 01A3 REL 019F
* [Do3_h2d] 01C4 REL 01C9
* [Do3rd+1] 0197 REL 0186
* [Do3rd] 0196 REL 0192
* [Do3rd_EP] 0185 REL 007A 00C0
* [DoA(1)] 00F7 REL
* [DoLast] 01B7 REL 01B1
* [DoneH2D] 01DE REL 01DA
* [DoneInit] 0097 REL 0094
* [DoneShift] 0135 REL 0133
* [GetA(i)] 01BA REL 00CF 00F8
* [Header] 0013 REL 0002
* [InitLoop] 0081 REL
* [InitML] 00C8 REL 0105
* [InitW2] 0074 REL
* [KeyWL] 013E REL 013F
* [MDOP] 0018 REL 0004
* [MDOP_Done] 0175 REL 016B
* [NoSave] 015A REL 0149
* [NoWaitC] 0142 REL 013B
* [Nxti] 00EB REL
* [PCTOC] 00D7 ABS
* [Prep1_h2d] 01D6 REL 01D2
* [Prep2_h2d] 01CA REL 01C6
* [QiDone] 0250 REL 024C
* [QiL1] 0244 REL 0246
* [QiL2] 0243 REL 024F
* [QiNxt] 0247 REL 024E
* [Qi_St] 024D REL 0242
* [SaveA(i)] 01E7 REL 00E8 0119 0158
* [ShowDigs] 011C REL
* [StepML1] 0134 REL 0174
* [StepML2] 0105 REL 0134
* [WR2L] 008B REL 0096
* [iLoop] 00CE REL 00F6
* [tmp1] 0049 REL
* [tmp2] 00BA REL
*
* LOCAL SYMBOLS
* SYMBOL VALUE TYPE REFERENCES
* (cbal1) 0237 REL 0239
* (cl1) 017C REL 0180
* (crql1) 021C REL 021E
* (crql2) 0223 REL 0228
* (crql3) 022B REL 022D 0233
* (da1l1) 010F REL 0111
* (pil1) 004C REL 004E
* (pil2) 0071 REL 0073
* (pil3) 00B4 REL 00B7
* (sail1) 01EE REL 01F2
* (sail2) 01FB REL 01FF
* (saipd) 020A REL 0204
* (saipl2) 01F6 REL
* (saipl3) 0203 REL 0209
* (sdl1) 012E REL 0131
* (sdl1ep) 012F REL 012A
* (sdl2) 0129 REL 012D
* (sf0l1) 0023 REL 001F
* (sf0l2) 0024 REL 0022
* (step1) 0106 REL 0104
* (wl1) 014E REL 0150
*
* EXTERNAL REFERENCES
* SYMBOL REFERENCED AT
*
* MAINFRAME REFERENCES
* SYMBOL VALUE REFERENCES
* [AD2_10] 1807 0044 00AC
* [BCDBIN] 02E3 0029
* [CLA] 10D1 0181
* [CLLCDE] 2CF0 0140
* [CLST] 10F9 0183
* [DSPCRG] 0B26 0136
* [DV2_10] 1898 003F 00A7
* [ENCP00] 0952 0059 0081 0099 00C4 00EB 0102 011C 0142 015A 0175
* [ERRDE] 282D 0031
* [INTFRC] 193B 0047 00AF
* [RSTKB] 0098 013C
*
* A41: 0 WARNINGS(S)
* A41: 0 ERROR(S)
* END


Edited: 26 Feb 2009, 6:08 p.m.


#9

Impressive! Thanks for this further MCODE example.

#10

Make an article of it, or it will be buried under thousands of posts in a few months.

Anyway: Impressive!

-- Antonio

#11

Hi, PeterP:

Impressive work. Just a quick note:

PeterP wrote:

"Also, as there are no 5 or 6 9’s consecutively in Pi in the
first 20,000 digits, we don’t have to worry about that either."

That's not true. The string "999999" (6 9's) does occur at position 762 counting from the first digit after the decimal point (the 3. is not counted). Just as a visual check:

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751
0582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706
7982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408
1284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303
8196442881097566593344612847564823378678316527120
1909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249
1412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540917
1536436789259036001133053054882046652138414695194
1511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793
1051185480744623799627495673518857527248912279381
8301194912983367336244065664308602139494639522473
7190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818
4676694051320005681271452635608277857713427577896
0917363717872146844090122495343014654958537105079
2279689258923542019956112129021960864034418159813
6297747713099605187072113499999983729780499510597
^^^^^^
|

Best regards from V.

#12

This is very impressive piece of code, I don't know MCODE but it almost makes me want to learn it! I'm glad that my article helped inspire your obsession for pi calculations maybe you'll figure out a new algorithm for it.

One of the best places I've found to seriously indulge this obsession is Simon Plouffe's home page. Follow the links to the articles sections and dig it. Eventually I found
this paper. Read the section on the Borweins (at the very end), there is an amazing, simple formula given relating pi, 10 and e with the very curious statement: "The following is not an identity but is correct to over 42 billion digits."

pi ~ ( 1/10^5 * SIGMA(n,exp(-(n^2/10^10)),-inf,+inf) ) ^ 2

Although I'm not a mathematician (although I started out that way) how could this not be an identity? Must there at least be a conjecture that this is an identity?

Edited: 28 Feb 2009, 12:31 p.m.


#13

Hi, Katie:

Katie posted:

    "there is an amazing, simple formula given relating pi, 10 and e with the very curious statement: "The following is not an identity but is correct to over 42 billion digits."
      pi ~ ( 1/10^5 * SIGMA(n,exp(-(n^2/10^10)),-inf,+inf) ) ^ 2
    Although I'm not a mathematician (although I started out that way) how could this not be an identity? Must there at least be a conjecture that this is an identity? "

It's not an identity and actually it's quite straightforward to demonstrate that it produces about 42.8631472996... { Pi2*10/Ln(10) } billion correct digits of Pi, but no more.

The demonstration makes use a well-known transformation formula of a theta function. For similar sums which give a large number of correct digits of some constant but nevertheless eventually differ, have a look at sum #7 and sum #8 in my Short & Sweet Math Challenge #13: Adding up to infinity

Regards from V.


Edited: 28 Feb 2009, 10:12 p.m.

#14

Awesome. Can you provide a MOD file? Your excellent SDK update doc ends short of documenting the process to create a MOD file. I'd like to give it a try on my 41.

Thanks.


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