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package client;

import compute.Task;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class Pi implements Task<BigDecimal>, Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 227L;

    /** constants used in pi computation */
    private static final BigDecimal FOUR = BigDecimal.valueOf(4);

    /** rounding mode to use during pi computation */
    private static final int roundingMode = BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_EVEN;

    /** digits of precision after the decimal point */
    private final int digits;

    /**
     * Construct a task to calculate pi to the specified
     * precision.
     */
    public Pi(int digits) {
        this.digits = digits;
    }

    /**
     * Calculate pi.
     */
    public BigDecimal execute() {
        return computePi(digits);
    }

    /**
     * Compute the value of pi to the specified number of 
     * digits after the decimal point.  The value is 
     * computed using Machin's formula:
     *
     *          pi/4 = 4*arctan(1/5) - arctan(1/239)
     *
     * and a power series expansion of arctan(x) to 
     * sufficient precision.
     */
    public static BigDecimal computePi(int digits) {
        int scale = digits + 5;
        BigDecimal arctan1_5 = arctan(5, scale);
        BigDecimal arctan1_239 = arctan(239, scale);
        BigDecimal pi = arctan1_5.multiply(FOUR).subtract(arctan1_239).multiply(FOUR);
        return pi.setScale(digits, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);
    }

    /**
     * Compute the value, in radians, of the arctangent of 
     * the inverse of the supplied integer to the specified
     * number of digits after the decimal point.  The value
     * is computed using the power series expansion for the
     * arc tangent:
     *
     * arctan(x) = x - (x^3)/3 + (x^5)/5 - (x^7)/7 + 
     *     (x^9)/9 ...
     */
    public static BigDecimal arctan(int inverseX, int scale) {
        BigDecimal result, numer, term;
        BigDecimal invX = BigDecimal.valueOf(inverseX);
        BigDecimal invX2 = BigDecimal.valueOf(inverseX * inverseX);

        numer = BigDecimal.ONE.divide(invX, scale, roundingMode);

        result = numer;
        int i = 1;
        do {
            numer = numer.divide(invX2, scale, roundingMode);
            int denom = 2 * i + 1;
            term = numer.divide(BigDecimal.valueOf(denom), scale, roundingMode);
            if ((i % 2) != 0) {
                result = result.subtract(term);
            } else {
                result = result.add(term);
            }
            i++;
        } while (term.compareTo(BigDecimal.ZERO) != 0);
        return result;
    }
}