On Monday, November 08, 2010 18:00:55 Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > On Monday, November 08, 2010 04:49:33 Tim wrote: > > > On Sat, 2010-11-06 at 17:13 +0100, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > > > > You are probably alle wrong - pi equals 3.125, see: > > > > http://www.correctpi.com/ > > > > > > I was always under the impression that pi was merely the ratio of the > > > circumference to the diameter, something that's easy enough to prove > > > empirically (measure the two, and do the maths). > > Just remember that depends on Euclidean Geometry. In other geometries (say > very large circles on the surface of the earth) the ratio is different. Ok, well, since this thread is already so far off-topic for a Fedora list, it won't hurt much to add a few more lines... :-) The pi can actually be defined as a period of the exponential function, exp(z), in the imaginary direction. This is quite fundamental, and doesn't depend on any geometry definition whatsoever. Everything else can be considered a consequence, if you set up your axioms in a convenient way... ;-) Best, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
