Gauss transformation for elliptic integrals

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The Gauss transformation for elliptic integrals is a classical iterative procedure introduced by Carl Friedrich Gauss that relates and simplifies elliptic integrals via transformations closely connected to the arithmetic–geometric mean.

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instanceOf iterative procedure
mathematical transformation
method in the theory of elliptic integrals
appearsIn studies of modular transformations of elliptic integrals
theory of the arithmetic–geometric mean
appliesTo complete elliptic integrals
incomplete elliptic integrals
basedOn arithmetic–geometric mean iteration
context classical theory of elliptic functions
computational mathematics
field mathematics
hasEffect reduces the complexity of elliptic integral expressions
transforms the modulus of an elliptic integral to a new modulus
hasProperty converges quadratically for many elliptic integral computations
preserves the value of certain elliptic integrals while changing parameters
hasPurpose acceleration of convergence in computations of elliptic integrals
simplification of elliptic integrals
historicalPeriod 19th century mathematics
influenced development of fast algorithms for π via elliptic integrals
modern algorithms for computing elliptic integrals
introducedBy Carl Friedrich Gauss NERFINISHED
isPartOf classical results on elliptic integrals due to Gauss
namedAfter Carl Friedrich Gauss NERFINISHED
relatedMethod Gauss–Legendre algorithm NERFINISHED
arithmetic–geometric mean algorithm NERFINISHED
relatedTo arithmetic–geometric mean NERFINISHED
complete elliptic integral of the first kind
modulus of an elliptic integral
parameter of an elliptic integral
subfield analysis
elliptic functions
elliptic integrals
special functions
usedFor derivation of identities between elliptic integrals
high-precision numerical evaluation of elliptic integrals
usesConcept arithmetic mean
geometric mean
iterative averaging process

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arithmetic–geometric mean identities relatedConcept Gauss transformation for elliptic integrals