6 arctan ( 1 3 ) = 6 ( π 6 ) = π 6\arctan\left(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\right)=6\left(\dfrac{\pi}{6}\right)=\pi 6 arctan ( 3 1 ) = 6 ( 6 π ) = π 임에 주목한다. f ( x ) = 6 arctan x f(x)=6\arctan x f ( x ) = 6 arctan x 의 5차 매클로린 다항식 T 5 ( x ) T_5(x) T 5 ( x ) 를 구하자.
그러면 π = f ( 1 3 ) ≈ T 5 ( 1 3 ) \pi=f\left(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right) \approx T_5\left(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right) π = f ( 3 1 ) ≈ T 5 ( 3 1 ) 이다. 먼저 f ( x ) = 6 arctan x f(x)=6\arctan x f ( x ) = 6 arctan x 의 처음 다섯 개의 도함수를 구하자.
f ( x ) = 6 arctan x f ( 0 ) = 0 f ′ ( x ) = 6 ( 1 1 + x 2 ) f ′ ( 0 ) = 6 f ′ ′ ( x ) = 6 ( 0 − 2 x ( 1 + x 2 ) 2 ) = − 12 ( x ( 1 + x 2 ) 2 ) f ′ ′ ( 0 ) = 0 f ′ ′ ′ ( x ) = − 12 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 2 − x ⋅ 2 ( 1 + x 2 ) ( 2 x ) ( 1 + x 2 ) 4 ) = − 12 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) − 4 x 2 ( 1 + x 2 ) 3 ) = − 12 ( 1 − 3 x 2 ( 1 + x 2 ) 3 ) f ′ ′ ′ ( 0 ) = − 12 f ( 4 ) ( x ) = − 12 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 3 ( − 6 x ) − ( 1 − 3 x 2 ) ⋅ 3 ( 1 + x 2 ) 2 ( 2 x ) ( 1 + x 2 ) 6 ) = − 12 ( − 6 x ( 1 + x 2 ) − 6 x ( 1 − 3 x 2 ) ( 1 + x 2 ) 4 ) = 144 ( x − x 3 ( 1 + x 2 ) 4 ) f ( 4 ) ( 0 ) = 0 f ( 5 ) ( x ) = 144 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 4 ( 1 − 3 x 2 ) − ( x − x 3 ) ⋅ 4 ( 1 + x 2 ) 3 ( 2 x ) ( 1 + x 2 ) 8 ) = 144 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) ( 1 − 3 x 2 ) − 8 x ( x − x 3 ) ( 1 + x 2 ) 5 ) = 144 5 x 4 − 10 x 2 + 1 ( 1 + x 2 ) 5 f ( 5 ) ( 0 ) = 144 \begin{aligned}
f(x)&=6\arctan x&f(0)&=0\\
f'(x)&=6\left(\frac{1}{1+x^2}\right)&f'(0)&=6\\
f''(x)&=6\left(\frac{0-2x}{(1+x^2)^2}\right)=-12\left(\frac{x}{(1+x^2)^2}\right)&f''(0)&=0\\
f'''(x)&=-12\left(\frac{(1+x^2)^2-x\cdot 2(1+x^2)(2x)}{(1+x^2)^4}\right)\\
&=-12\left(\frac{(1+x^2)-4x^2}{(1+x^2)^3}\right)\\
&=-12\left(\frac{1-3x^2}{(1+x^2)^3}\right)&f'''(0)&=-12\\
f^{(4)}(x)&=-12\left(\frac{(1+x^2)^3(-6x)-(1-3x^2)\cdot3(1+x^2)^2(2x)}{(1+x^2)^6}\right)\\
&=-12\left(\frac{-6x(1+x^2)-6x(1-3x^2)}{(1+x^2)^4}\right)\\
&=144\left(\frac{x-x^3}{(1+x^2)^4}\right)&f^{(4)}(0)&=0\\
f^{(5)}(x)&=144\left(\frac{(1+x^2)^4(1-3x^2)-(x-x^3)\cdot4(1+x^2)^3(2x)}{(1+x^2)^{8}}\right)\\
&=144\left(\frac{(1+x^2)(1-3x^2)-8x(x-x^3)}{(1+x^2)^{5}}\right)\\
&=144\frac{5x^4-10x^2+1}{(1+x^2)^5}&f^{(5)}(0)&=144
\end{aligned} f ( x ) f ′ ( x ) f ′′ ( x ) f ′′′ ( x ) f ( 4 ) ( x ) f ( 5 ) ( x ) = 6 arctan x = 6 ( 1 + x 2 1 ) = 6 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 2 0 − 2 x ) = − 12 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 2 x ) = − 12 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 4 ( 1 + x 2 ) 2 − x ⋅ 2 ( 1 + x 2 ) ( 2 x ) ) = − 12 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 3 ( 1 + x 2 ) − 4 x 2 ) = − 12 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 3 1 − 3 x 2 ) = − 12 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 6 ( 1 + x 2 ) 3 ( − 6 x ) − ( 1 − 3 x 2 ) ⋅ 3 ( 1 + x 2 ) 2 ( 2 x ) ) = − 12 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 4 − 6 x ( 1 + x 2 ) − 6 x ( 1 − 3 x 2 ) ) = 144 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 4 x − x 3 ) = 144 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 8 ( 1 + x 2 ) 4 ( 1 − 3 x 2 ) − ( x − x 3 ) ⋅ 4 ( 1 + x 2 ) 3 ( 2 x ) ) = 144 ( ( 1 + x 2 ) 5 ( 1 + x 2 ) ( 1 − 3 x 2 ) − 8 x ( x − x 3 ) ) = 144 ( 1 + x 2 ) 5 5 x 4 − 10 x 2 + 1 f ( 0 ) f ′ ( 0 ) f ′′ ( 0 ) f ′′′ ( 0 ) f ( 4 ) ( 0 ) f ( 5 ) ( 0 ) = 0 = 6 = 0 = − 12 = 0 = 144
이제 이 값들을 이용하여 f ( x ) f(x) f ( x ) 의 5차 매클로린 다항식을 계산한다.
T 5 ( x ) = f ( 0 ) + f ′ ( 0 ) x + 1 2 f ′ ′ ( 0 ) x 2 + 1 3 ! f ′ ′ ′ ( 0 ) x 3 + 1 4 ! f ( 4 ) ( 0 ) x 4 + 1 5 ! f ( 5 ) ( 0 ) x 5 = 6 x − 12 6 x 3 + 144 120 x 5 = 6 x − 2 x 3 + 6 5 x 5 이제 f ( 1 3 ) = 6 arctan ( 1 3 ) = π 를 어림하면: π = f ( 1 3 ) ≈ T 5 ( 1 3 ) = 6 3 − 2 3 3 + 6 5 3 5 = 2 3 ( 1 − 1 3 ⋅ 3 + 1 5 ⋅ 9 ) ≈ 3.156 \begin{aligned}
T_5(x)&=f(0)+f'(0)x+\frac{1}{2}f''(0)x^2+\frac{1}{3!}f'''(0)x^3+\frac{1}{4!}f^{(4)}(0)x^4
+\frac{1}{5!}f^{(5)}(0)x^5\\
&=6x-\frac{12}{6}x^3+\frac{144}{120}x^5\\
&=6x-2x^3+\frac{6}{5}x^5
\\ \text{이제 $f\left(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)=6\arctan\left(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)=\pi$ 를 어림하면:} \\
\pi&=f\left(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right) \approx T_5\left(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)=
\frac{6}{\sqrt{3}}-\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}^3}+\frac{6}{5\sqrt{3}^5}\\
&=2\sqrt{3}\left(1-\frac{1}{3\cdot3}+\frac{1}{5\cdot 9}\right)\approx 3.156
\end{aligned} T 5 ( x ) 이제 f ( 3 1 ) = 6 arctan ( 3 1 ) = π 를 어림하면 : π = f ( 0 ) + f ′ ( 0 ) x + 2 1 f ′′ ( 0 ) x 2 + 3 ! 1 f ′′′ ( 0 ) x 3 + 4 ! 1 f ( 4 ) ( 0 ) x 4 + 5 ! 1 f ( 5 ) ( 0 ) x 5 = 6 x − 6 12 x 3 + 120 144 x 5 = 6 x − 2 x 3 + 5 6 x 5 = f ( 3 1 ) ≈ T 5 ( 3 1 ) = 3 6 − 3 3 2 + 5 3 5 6 = 2 3 ( 1 − 3 ⋅ 3 1 + 5 ⋅ 9 1 ) ≈ 3.156
참고: π \pi π 를 원하는 정확도까지 계산하는 방법은 매우 많다. 그중 많은 방법이 arctan x \arctan x arctan x 의 매클로린 전개를 이용한다. 1706년 존 머신은 매클로린 전개와
π = 16 arctan 1 5 − 4 arctan 1 239 \pi = 16 \arctan\frac{1}{5} -4\arctan\frac{1}{239} π = 16 arctan 5 1 − 4 arctan 239 1
을 함께 이용하여 π \pi π 를 소수 100자리까지 계산하였다.