The q-analog of pi can be defined by setting in the q-factorial
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(1)
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to obtain
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(2)
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where is Gosper's q-sine,
so
(Gosper 2001).
It has the Maclaurin series
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(7)
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(OEIS A144874).
It is related to the q-analog of the Wallis
formula (Gosper 2001), and has the special value
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(8)
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The area under
is given by
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(9)
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(OEIS A144875).
Gosper has developed an iterative algorithm for computing based on the algebraic recurrence
relation
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(10)
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See also
Pi,
q-Analog,
q-Cosine,
q-Exponential
Function,
q-Factorial,
q-Sine,
Wallis Formula
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References
Sloane, N. J. A. Sequences A144874 and A144875 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia
of Integer Sequences."Gosper, R. W. "Experiments and
Discoveries in q-Trigonometry." In Symbolic
Computation, Number Theory,Special Functions, Physics and Combinatorics. Proceedings
of the Conference Held at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, November 11-13,
1999 (Ed. F. G. Garvan and M. E. H. Ismail). Dordrecht,
Netherlands: Kluwer, pp. 79-105, 2001.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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