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<h3 class="section">31.3 Examples</h3>
<p>The following code calculates an estimate of <em>\zeta(2) = \pi^2 / 6</em>
using the series,
</p>
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<pre class="example">\zeta(2) = 1 + 1/2^2 + 1/3^2 + 1/4^2 + ...
</pre></div>
<p>After <var>N</var> terms the error in the sum is <em>O(1/N)</em>, making direct
summation of the series converge slowly.
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<pre class="verbatim">#include <stdio.h>
#include <gsl/gsl_math.h>
#include <gsl/gsl_sum.h>
#define N 20
int
main (void)
{
  double t[N];
  double sum_accel, err;
  double sum = 0;
  int n;
  
  gsl_sum_levin_u_workspace * w 
    = gsl_sum_levin_u_alloc (N);
  const double zeta_2 = M_PI * M_PI / 6.0;
  
  /* terms for zeta(2) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} 1/n^2 */
  for (n = 0; n < N; n++)
    {
      double np1 = n + 1.0;
      t[n] = 1.0 / (np1 * np1);
      sum += t[n];
    }
  
  gsl_sum_levin_u_accel (t, N, w, &sum_accel, &err);
  printf ("term-by-term sum = % .16f using %d terms\n", 
          sum, N);
  printf ("term-by-term sum = % .16f using %zu terms\n", 
          w->sum_plain, w->terms_used);
  printf ("exact value      = % .16f\n", zeta_2);
  printf ("accelerated sum  = % .16f using %zu terms\n", 
          sum_accel, w->terms_used);
  printf ("estimated error  = % .16f\n", err);
  printf ("actual error     = % .16f\n", 
          sum_accel - zeta_2);
  gsl_sum_levin_u_free (w);
  return 0;
}
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<p>The output below shows that the Levin <em>u</em>-transform is able to obtain an 
estimate of the sum to 1 part in 
<em>10^10</em> using the first eleven terms of the series.  The
error estimate returned by the function is also accurate, giving
the correct number of significant digits. 
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<pre class="example">$ ./a.out 
</pre><pre class="verbatim">term-by-term sum =  1.5961632439130233 using 20 terms
term-by-term sum =  1.5759958390005426 using 13 terms
exact value      =  1.6449340668482264
accelerated sum  =  1.6449340669228176 using 13 terms
estimated error  =  0.0000000000888360
actual error     =  0.0000000000745912
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<p>Note that a direct summation of this series would require 
<em>10^10</em> terms to achieve the same precision as the accelerated 
sum does in 13 terms.
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