who invented PI

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  1. Posts : 21,004
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       #21

    Layback Bear said:
    I have relearned something thanks to Golden ( Angle of Repose). Very interesting when one reads from complex things that man builds to insects little building projects.
    Thanks Golden.
    My three brain cells are not able to absorb the complexities of
    pie at this time. I'm still working on 2+2=4 except in politics.
    Plus a cure for two brain cell idiots??
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  2. Posts : 19,383
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       #22

    Found this today.....seemed topical

    Life of 3.14159... › Bernie's Basics (ABC Science)
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  3. mjf
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       #23

    The "diameter" of a uniform regular polygon is proportional to its perimeter (eg a square as a starting point). Take it to the limit and you get a circle. Change the base of your number system and I don't think 3.1459.... is that significant of a constant.
    Some of the old blokes were smart
    http://ceemrr.com/Geometry2/Inscribe...Polygons6.html
    Last edited by mjf; 20 Mar 2013 at 03:57. Reason: Correction "regular"
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       #24

    It will still be significant but written in a different way

    Binary 11.00100101010110011011001111010000
    Hexadecimal 3.2559B3D07C84B5DCC63F14
    Decimal 3.1459
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  5. mjf
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       #25

    Britton30 said:
    It will still be significant but written in a different way

    Binary 11.00100101010110011011001111010000
    Hexadecimal 3.2559B3D07C84B5DCC63F14
    Decimal 3.1459
    Eh yes!
    I admit my wording was poor. My intent was to stress it was a fixed ratio of two geometric dimensions independent of the representation base and it can be proven from the most basic geometric arguments.
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  6. Posts : 256
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       #26

    pi to more decimal places than you will ever need:

    3. 1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196 4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091 4564856692 3460348610 4543266482 1339360726 0249141273 7245870066 0631558817 4881520920 9628292540 9171536436 7892590360 0113305305 4882046652 1384146951 9415116094 3305727036 5759591953 0921861173 8193261179 3105118548 0744623799 6274956735 1885752724 8912279381 8301194912 9833673362 4406566430 8602139494 6395224737 1907021798 6094370277 0539217176 2931767523 8467481846 7669405132 0005681271 4526356082 7785771342 7577896091 7363717872 1468440901 2249534301 4654958537 1050792279 6892589235 4201995611 2129021960 8640344181 5981362977 4771309960 5187072113 4999999837 2978049951 0597317328 1609631859 5024459455 3469083026 4252230825 3344685035 2619311881 7101000313 7838752886 5875332083 8142061717 7669147303 5982534904 2875546873 1159562863 8823537875 9375195778 1857780532 1712268066 1300192787 6611195909 2164201989

    however 3.141592654 is more accurate than you will ever need.

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       #27

    Golden said:
    Found this today.....seemed topical

    Life of 3.14159... › Bernie's Basics (ABC Science)
    Yep I like this person too mate she is just so easy to understand eh?:)
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