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Other topics and Interests => THE LOUNGE => Topic started by: BillT on March 14, 2016, 11:28:03 AM
March 14 = Pi day (Pi = 3.14...)
People had been using computers to figure out pi to millions of decimal points, but I heard recently (probably on Science Friday and vaguely remembered) that to calculate a circle the diameter of the observable universe only 39 decimal points of pi are necessary to be accurate to the size of something small like an atom.
Quote from: BillT on March 14, 2016, 11:28:03 AM
March 14 = Pi day (Pi = 3.14...)
People had been using computers to figure out pi to millions of decimal points, but I heard recently (probably on Science Friday and vaguely remembered) that to calculate a circle the diameter of the observable universe only 39 decimal points of pi are necessary to be accurate to the size of something small like an atom.
..you can calculate pi....then take a nap.........cool |^|
What I hate about pi day is that all the recipes that show up in my in box are about pies. They think it's cute, I guess. I think it's lame.
Pi are round not square
I had a math teacher that had pi memorized to 65+ places.
Big update!
Its accurate to four digits Pi day today (rounding up to 3.1416).
A once in a century occurrence!!!