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::All this is remarkably helpful. I knew there was an issue with '**' (in the debugger it would take ''minutes'' to step out of the function) but didn't know how to resolve. TIL, and turned out to be simplicity itself. And best of all, you found a typo that crept in (^5 vs ^d) that was crippling the precision of the π calculation–I definitely owe you a $beverage! Regarding 32/14: I guess I was phrasing it in a confusing manner, and everyone expects to be talking about number of values right of the decimal, so will go with that. And, yes, why not go with more precision. Will incorporate your suggestions, finalize, and add task soon. Regarding Gardner: Some nostalgia involved in this task, as I fell for the prank at the time. Had just starting subscribing to Sci.Am., and was but a callow youth...