diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.5.0.0
+-------
+* Change implementation of 'rationalApproximations' to use Chudnovsky's approximations.
+
 0.4.1.4
 -------
 * Comply with NoStarIsType pragma.
diff --git a/exact-pi.cabal b/exact-pi.cabal
--- a/exact-pi.cabal
+++ b/exact-pi.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                exact-pi
-version:             0.4.1.4
+version:             0.5.0.0
 synopsis:            Exact rational multiples of pi (and integer powers of pi)
 description:         Provides an exact representation for rational multiples of pi alongside an approximate representation of all reals.
                      Useful for storing and computing with conversion factors between physical units.
@@ -30,6 +30,23 @@
                        semigroups >=0.8
   ghc-options:         -Wall
   hs-source-dirs:      src
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+test-suite spec
+  main-is:             Test.hs
+  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.12,
+                       exact-pi,
+                       numtype-dk >= 0.5,
+                       QuickCheck >=2.10 && <2.12,
+                       tasty >=0.10 && <1.2,
+                       tasty-hunit >=0.9 && <0.11,
+                       tasty-quickcheck >= 0.9 && <0.11
+  if impl(ghc < 8.0)
+    build-depends:     semigroups >=0.9 && < 1.0
+  other-modules:       TestUtils
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+  hs-source-dirs:      test-suite
   default-language:    Haskell2010
 
 source-repository head
diff --git a/src/Data/ExactPi.hs b/src/Data/ExactPi.hs
--- a/src/Data/ExactPi.hs
+++ b/src/Data/ExactPi.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ParallelListComp    #-}
 
 {-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK show-extensions #-}
 
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@
   toExactInteger,
   isExactRational,
   toExactRational,
-  rationalApproximations
+  rationalApproximations,
+  -- * Utils
+  getRationalLimit
 )
 where
 
@@ -95,28 +98,54 @@
 toExactRational (Exact 0 q) = Just q
 toExactRational _           = Nothing
 
--- | Converts an 'ExactPi' to a list of increasingly accurate rational approximations, on alternating
--- sides of the actual value. Note that 'Approximate' values are converted using the 'Real' instance
--- for 'Double' into a singleton list. Note that exact rationals are also converted into a singleton list.
+-- | Converts an 'ExactPi' to a list of increasingly accurate rational approximations. Note
+-- that 'Approximate' values are converted using the 'Real' instance for 'Double' into a
+-- singleton list. Note that exact rationals are also converted into a singleton list.
 --
--- Implementation based on work by Anders Kaseorg shared at http://qr.ae/RbXl8M.
+-- Implementation is based on Chudnovsky's algorithm.
 rationalApproximations :: ExactPi -> [Rational]
 rationalApproximations (Approximate x) = [toRational (x :: Double)]
-rationalApproximations (Exact 0 q) = [q]
-rationalApproximations (Exact z q) = fmap (\pi' -> q * (pi' ^^ z)) piConvergents
+rationalApproximations (Exact _ 0)     = [0]
+rationalApproximations (Exact 0 q)     = [q]
+rationalApproximations (Exact z q)
+  | even z    = [q * 10005^^k * c^^z     | c <- chudnovsky]
+  | otherwise = [q * 10005^^k * c^^z * r | c <- chudnovsky | r <- rootApproximation]
+  where k = z `div` 2
+
+chudnovsky :: [Rational]
+chudnovsky = [426880 / s | s <- partials]
+  where lk = iterate (+545140134) 13591409
+        xk = iterate (*(-262537412640768000)) 1
+        kk = iterate (+12) 6
+        mk = 1: [m * ((k^(3::Int) - 16*k) % (n+1)^(3::Int)) | m <- mk | k <- kk | n <- [0..]]
+        values = [m * l / x | m <- mk | l <- lk | x <- xk]
+        partials = scanl1 (+) values
+
+-- | Given an infinite converging sequence of rationals, find their limit.
+-- Takes a comparison function to determine when convergence is close enough.
+--
+-- >>> getRationalLimit (==) (rationalApproximations (Exact 1 1)) :: Double
+-- 3.141592653589793
+getRationalLimit :: Fractional a => (a -> a -> Bool) -> [Rational] -> a
+getRationalLimit cmp = go . map fromRational
+  where go (x:y:xs)
+          | cmp x y   = y
+          | otherwise = go (y:xs)
+        go [x] = x
+        go _ = error "did not converge"
+
+-- | A sequence of convergents approximating @sqrt 10005@, intended to be zipped
+-- with 'chudnovksy' in 'rationalApproximations'. Carefully chosen so that
+-- the denominator does not increase too rapidly but approximations are still
+-- appropriately precise.
+--
+-- Chudnovsky's series provides no more than 15 digits
+-- per iteration, so the root approximation should not
+-- have a more rapid rate of convergence.
+rootApproximation :: [Rational]
+rootApproximation = map head . iterate (drop 4) $ go 1 0 100 1 40
   where
-    piConvergents :: [Rational]
-    piConvergents = go True 2 4 where
-      go s p' q' | ltPi m = [q' | not s] ++ go True m q'
-                 | otherwise = [p' | s] ++ go False p' m where
-        m = (numerator p' + numerator q')%(denominator p' + denominator q')
-    ltPi :: Rational -> Bool
-    ltPi x = ok x 1 where
-      ok y i =
-        y <= (27*i - 12)%5 ||
-        (y < (675*i - 216)%125 &&
-         ok ((y - fromInteger (5*i - 2))*(3*(3*i + 1)*(3*i + 2)%(i*(2*i - 1))))
-            (i + 1))
+    go pk' qk' pk qk a = (pk % qk): go pk qk (pk' + a*pk) (qk' + a*qk) (240-a)
 
 instance Show ExactPi where
   show (Exact z q) | z == 0 = "Exactly " ++ show q
diff --git a/test-suite/Test.hs b/test-suite/Test.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-suite/Test.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-type-defaults #-}
+import Data.Fixed            (Fixed(..))
+import Data.Ratio            ((%))
+import Test.Tasty            (TestTree, testGroup, defaultMain)
+import Test.Tasty.HUnit      ((@?=), Assertion, testCase)
+import Test.Tasty.QuickCheck (testProperty)
+import Test.QuickCheck       (Positive(..))
+
+import Data.ExactPi
+import TestUtils             (E, getValue, getDigit, getDigitBBP)
+
+-- test pi^2 first since it does not rely on square roots
+piSquaredDouble :: Assertion
+piSquaredDouble = getValue (Exact 2 1) @?= (pi^2 :: Double)
+
+-- first 57 digits of pi^2
+-- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=pi%5E2
+piSquaredWAstart :: Assertion
+piSquaredWAstart = getValue (Exact 2 1) @?= piSquared
+
+piSquared :: Fixed (E 57)
+piSquared = 9.869604401089358618834490999876151135313699407240790626413
+
+-- last 21 digits of pi^2 on wolfram alpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=pi%5E2
+-- by asking for more digits as much as possible
+piSquaredWAend :: Assertion
+piSquaredWAend = x `mod` (10^21) @?= 643271910414561208753
+  where
+    MkFixed x = getValue (Exact 2 1) :: Fixed (E 3647)
+
+-- test first term matches formula of chudnovsky's algorithm
+firstApproximation :: Assertion
+firstApproximation = head (rationalApproximations (Exact 2 1)) @?= (426880 % 13591409)^2 * 10005
+
+-- pi tests
+piDouble :: Assertion
+piDouble = getValue (Exact 1 1) @?= (pi :: Double)
+
+piMatchesOeis :: Assertion
+piMatchesOeis = getValue (Exact 1 1) @?= oeisValue
+
+-- https://oeis.org/A000796
+oeisValue :: Fixed (E 104)
+oeisValue = 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214
+
+-- digits 762 to 767 of pi are 999999
+feynmanPoint :: Assertion
+feynmanPoint = x `mod` 1000000 @?= 999999
+  where
+    MkFixed x = getValue (Exact 1 1) :: Fixed (E 767)
+
+-- last 21 digits of pi on wolfram alpha (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=pi)
+-- by asking for more digits as much as possible
+piWAend :: Assertion
+piWAend = x `mod` (10^21) @?= 706420467525907091548
+  where
+    MkFixed x = getValue (Exact 1 1) :: Fixed (E 3647)
+
+-- pi power tests
+-- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1000th+digit+of+pi%5E3%2F10
+pi3 :: Assertion
+pi3 = x `mod` 100 @?= 98
+  where
+    MkFixed x = getValue (Exact 3 (1 % 10)) :: Fixed (E 1000)
+
+-- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1000th+digit+of+pi%5E-1+*+10
+piNegOne :: Assertion
+piNegOne = x `mod` 100 @?= 87
+  where
+    MkFixed x = getValue (Exact (-1) 10) :: Fixed (E 1000)
+
+-- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1000th+digit+of+pi%5E10+%2F+10%5E4
+pi10 :: Assertion
+pi10 = x `mod` 100 @?= 58
+  where
+    MkFixed x = getValue (Exact 10 (1 % 10^4)) :: Fixed (E 1000)
+
+-- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1000th+digit+of+pi%5E-10+*+100000
+piNeg10 :: Assertion
+piNeg10 = x `mod` 100 @?= 01
+  where
+    MkFixed x = getValue (Exact (-10) (10^5)) :: Fixed (E 1000)
+
+-- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=400th+digit+of+pi%5E51+*+10%5E-25
+pi51 :: Assertion
+pi51 = x `mod` 100 @?= 39
+  where
+    MkFixed x = getValue (Exact 51 (1 % 10^25)) :: Fixed (E 400)
+
+-- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=400th+digit+of+pi%5E-51+*+10%5E26
+piNeg51 :: Assertion
+piNeg51 = x `mod` 100 @?= 93
+  where
+    MkFixed x = getValue (Exact (-51) (10^26)) :: Fixed (E 400)
+
+-- exact value of riemann zeta(50): should be very near 1
+zeta50 :: ExactPi
+zeta50 = Exact 50 (39604576419286371856998202 % 285258771457546764463363635252374414183254365234375)
+
+zeta200 :: ExactPi
+zeta200 = Exact 200 (996768098856666829529857264280799324216991774914413349936111645234527339243047375137731604604421998265202825395226558782117309054290681031680198580956052700765605768743424718675968548245722319600560038220395777111787342302 % 2682678748792657844957504192313280657551803049278355275671666881580642758576467817615493645217977237214155689404787155170845497733836863647685885197919191727452679238952541411298115541287013688972773507748859386210346035176197388875022427877722880764252312145081723341902733317236524547144682628641021437942981719970703125)
+
+-- value of zeta(50) - 1 from wolfram alpha (up to a Double)
+-- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=zeta(50)-1
+zeta50MinusOne :: Assertion
+zeta50MinusOne = t @?= 8.8817842109308159e-16
+  where
+    t = getRationalLimit (==) . map (subtract 1) . rationalApproximations $ zeta50 :: Double
+
+-- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=zeta(200)-1
+zeta200MinusOne :: Assertion
+zeta200MinusOne = t @?= 6.2230152778611417071e-61
+  where
+    t = getRationalLimit (==) . map (subtract 1) . rationalApproximations $ zeta200 :: Double
+
+-- test against bbp formula
+prop :: Positive Integer -> Bool
+prop (Positive n) = getDigit n == getDigitBBP (n - 1)
+
+tests :: TestTree
+tests = testGroup "Rational approximation tests"
+  [ testGroup "π² tests" [ testCase "matches double precision"       piSquaredDouble
+                         , testCase "matches start of wolfram alpha" piSquaredWAstart
+                         , testCase "matches end of wolfram alpha"   piSquaredWAend
+                         , testCase "first term matches chudnovsky"  firstApproximation
+                         ]
+  , testGroup "π tests"  [ testCase "matches double precision"       piDouble
+                         , testCase "matches oeis digits"            piMatchesOeis
+                         , testCase "has feynman point"              feynmanPoint
+                         , testCase "matches end of wolfram alpha"   piWAend
+                         ]
+  , testGroup "πᵏ tests" [ testCase "digits near 1000 of k=3"        pi3
+                         , testCase "digits near 1000 of k=-1"       piNegOne
+                         , testCase "digits near 1000 of k=10"       pi10
+                         , testCase "digits near 1000 of k=-10"      piNeg10
+                         , testCase "digits near 400 of k=51"        pi51
+                         , testCase "digits near 400 of k=-51"       piNeg51
+                         , testCase "ζ(50)-1 double precision"       zeta50MinusOne
+                         , testCase "ζ(500)-1 double precision"      zeta200MinusOne
+                         ]
+  , testProperty "hex digits match BBP formula" prop
+  ]
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = defaultMain tests
diff --git a/test-suite/TestUtils.hs b/test-suite/TestUtils.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-suite/TestUtils.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+module TestUtils
+  ( getValue
+  , getDigit
+  , getDigitBBP
+  , E
+  ) where
+
+import Data.Proxy   (Proxy)
+import Data.List    (foldl')
+import Data.Fixed   (mod', HasResolution(..), Fixed)
+
+import GHC.TypeLits (Nat, KnownNat, SomeNat(..), natVal, someNatVal)
+
+import Data.ExactPi
+
+-- E n generalises E2/E3/E6/E12 from Data.Fixed to give more precise
+-- fixed-precision arithmetic: Fixed (E 30) has 30 decimal places.
+data E (n :: Nat)
+
+instance KnownNat n => HasResolution (E n) where
+  resolution _ = 10^natVal (undefined :: E n)
+
+-- this function is not necessarily in general safe but is fine in the cases used here
+getValue :: (Eq a, Fractional a) => ExactPi -> a
+getValue = getRationalLimit (==) . rationalApproximations
+
+getDigit :: Integer -> Int
+getDigit n = case someNatVal d of
+               Just (SomeNat (_ :: Proxy m)) -> (floor $ 16^n * (getValue (Exact 1 1) :: Fixed (E m))) `mod` 16
+               Nothing -> error "negative digit requested"
+             where d = fromInteger $ 4 * n `div` 3 + 1
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+powModInteger :: Integer -> Integer -> Integer -> Integer
+powModInteger a k n = a^k `mod` n
+
+infTerms :: Integer -> Int -> Integer -> Float
+infTerms n j k = 16^^(n-k) / (fromIntegral $ 8*k + fromIntegral j)
+
+finiteTerms :: Integer -> Int -> Integer -> Float
+finiteTerms n j k = (fromIntegral $ powModInteger 16 (n-k) (8*k + j')) / (fromIntegral $ 8*k + j')
+  where j' = fromIntegral j
+
+summation :: Integer -> Int -> Float
+summation n j = stabilise $ scanl plus finitePart [infTerms n j k | k <- [n+1..]]
+  where finitePart = foldl' plus 0 [finiteTerms n j k | k <- [0..n]]
+
+mod1 :: Float -> Float
+mod1 x = mod' x 1
+
+plus :: Float -> Float -> Float
+plus x y = mod1 (x + y)
+
+stabilise :: Eq a => [a] -> a
+stabilise (x:y:xs)
+  | x == y    = x
+  | otherwise = stabilise (y:xs)
+stabilise _ = error "finite list"
+
+getDigitBBP :: Integer -> Int
+getDigitBBP n = floor . (16 *) . mod1 $ 4 * summation n 1 - 2 * summation n 4 - summation n 5 - summation n 6
