Gauss, Landen, Ramanujan, the arithmetic-geometric mean, ellipses, p, and the Ladies Diary

@article{Almkvist1988GaussLR,
title={Gauss, Landen, Ramanujan, the arithmetic-geometric mean, ellipses, p, and the Ladies Diary},
author={Gert Almkvist and Bruce C. Berndt},
journal={American Mathematical Monthly},
year={1988},
volume={95},
pages={585-608}
}
• Published 1 August 1988
• Mathematics
• American Mathematical Monthly
Paper 8: Gert Almkvist and Bruce Berndt, “Gauss, Landen, Ramanujan, the arithmetic-geometric mean, ellipses, pi, and the Ladies Diary,” American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 95 (1988), pg. 585–608. Copyright 1988 Mathematical Association of America. All Rights Reserved.
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