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Posted on February 11, 2019March 4, 2022

A Formula for the Perimeter of an Ellipse

Unlike for circles, there isn’t a simple exact closed formula for the perimeter of an ellipse. We compare several well-known approximations, and conclude that a formula discovered by Ramanujan is our favourite, due to its simplicity and extreme accuracy.

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