Geek Thoughts: pi gone wild

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Pi, an irrational number, cannot be expressed exactly as a fraction of integers (and all real-world length units are ultimately based on integers). So either pi is not a circle’s ratio of circumference to diameter, or circles don’t exist (or both!)

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3 Replies to “Geek Thoughts: pi gone wild”

  1. The symbol “Pi” is always the ratio of circumference to diameter by definition. Your projection of “Pi” into a floating point number of arbitrary precision is the issue that invalidates your blurb. Solve your equations symbolically when handling irrational numbers, and you’ll be fine, don’t worry.

  2. Analog is a myth; the world is digital. We just haven’t found the extent of its mantissa.

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