/// <summary>
/// Division-based reciprocal, fastest for small precisions up to 15,000 bits.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The reciprocal 1/this</returns>
public BigFloat Reciprocal()
{
if (mantissa.Precision.NumBits >= 8192) return ReciprocalNewton();
BigFloat reciprocal = new BigFloat(1u, mantissa.Precision);
reciprocal.Div(this);
return reciprocal;
}
/// <summary>
/// Divides two numbers and assigns the result to res.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="res">a pre-existing BigFloat to take the result</param>
/// <param name="n1">the first number</param>
/// <param name="n2">the second number</param>
/// <returns>a handle to res</returns>
public static BigFloat Div(BigFloat res, BigFloat n1, BigFloat n2)
{
res.Assign(n1);
res.Div(n2);
return res;
}
/// <summary>
/// Uses the Gauss-Legendre formula for pi
/// Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauss%E2%80%93Legendre_algorithm
/// </summary>
/// <param name="numBits"></param>
private static void CalculatePi(int numBits)
{
int bits = numBits + 32;
//Precision extend taken out.
PrecisionSpec normalPres = new PrecisionSpec(numBits, PrecisionSpec.BaseType.BIN);
PrecisionSpec extendedPres = new PrecisionSpec(bits, PrecisionSpec.BaseType.BIN);
if (scratch.Precision.NumBits != bits)
{
scratch = new BigInt(extendedPres);
}
//a0 = 1
BigFloat an = new BigFloat(1, extendedPres);
//b0 = 1/sqrt(2)
BigFloat bn = new BigFloat(2, extendedPres);
bn.Sqrt();
bn.exponent--;
//to = 1/4
BigFloat tn = new BigFloat(1, extendedPres);
tn.exponent -= 2;
int pn = 0;
BigFloat anTemp = new BigFloat(extendedPres);
int iteration = 0;
int cutoffBits = numBits >> 5;
for (iteration = 0; ; iteration++)
{
//Save a(n)
anTemp.Assign(an);
//Calculate new an
an.Add(bn);
an.exponent--;
//Calculate new bn
bn.Mul(anTemp);
bn.Sqrt();
//Calculate new tn
anTemp.Sub(an);
anTemp.mantissa.SquareHiFast(scratch);
anTemp.exponent += anTemp.exponent + pn + 1 - anTemp.mantissa.Normalise();
tn.Sub(anTemp);
anTemp.Assign(an);
anTemp.Sub(bn);
if (anTemp.exponent < -(bits - cutoffBits)) break;
//New pn
pn++;
}
an.Add(bn);
an.mantissa.SquareHiFast(scratch);
an.exponent += an.exponent + 1 - an.mantissa.Normalise();
tn.exponent += 2;
an.Div(tn);
pi = new BigFloat(an, normalPres);
piBy2 = new BigFloat(pi);
piBy2.exponent--;
twoPi = new BigFloat(pi, normalPres);
twoPi.exponent++;
piRecip = new BigFloat(an.Reciprocal(), normalPres);
twoPiRecip = new BigFloat(piRecip);
twoPiRecip.exponent--;
//1/3 is going to be useful for sin.
threeRecip = new BigFloat((new BigFloat(3, extendedPres)).Reciprocal(), normalPres);
}
/// <summary>
/// Divides two numbers and returns the result
/// </summary>
public static BigFloat Div(BigFloat n1, BigFloat n2)
{
BigFloat ret = new BigFloat(n1);
ret.Div(n2);
return ret;
}