RosettaCodeData/Task/Arithmetic-geometric-mean/Python/arithmetic-geometric-mean-1.py

from math import sqrt

def agm(a0, g0, tolerance=1e-10):
    """
    Calculating the arithmetic-geometric mean of two numbers a0, g0.

    tolerance     the tolerance for the converged
                  value of the arithmetic-geometric mean
                  (default value = 1e-10)
    """
    an, gn = (a0 + g0) / 2.0, sqrt(a0 * g0)
    while abs(an - gn) > tolerance:
        an, gn = (an + gn) / 2.0, sqrt(an * gn)
    return an

print agm(1, 1 / sqrt(2))