Perimeter of an ellipse

Unlike most other elementary shapes, such as the circle and square, there is no closed-form expression for the perimeter of an ellipse. Throughout history, a large number of closed-form approximations and of expressions in terms of integrals or series have been given for the perimeter of an ellipse.

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