Thanks for the explanation. I was just going to ask the board what does pi mean.Originally posted by DJ Spanky:
Sounds like circular logic to me.Originally posted by GeorgeStreet:
Pi is of course the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. But with the concept of the curvature of space introduced by Prof Einstein, that is not true for very large circles.
Having been around geeky science/math types my whole life, I always chuckled at folks who thought that knowing pi to X digits gave them some math cred, when all that is is memorization, having nothing to do with math.Originally posted by Knight Shift:
Celebrated Pi day at the Hill Center for Mathematics today, as my son's team was in the finals for the Math Counts competition. Some kid new Pi out to 50 digits.
Yeah, but some of these 7th and 8th graders were crushing questions in the countdown round, which was jeopardy style. Truly impressive.Originally posted by RU848789:
Having been around geeky science/math types my whole life, I always chuckled at folks who thought that knowing pi to X digits gave them some math cred, when all that is is memorization, having nothing to do with math.Originally posted by Knight Shift:
Celebrated Pi day at the Hill Center for Mathematics today, as my son's team was in the finals for the Math Counts competition. Some kid new Pi out to 50 digits.
Originally posted by RU848789:
Having been around geeky science/math types my whole life, I always chuckled at folks who thought that knowing pi to X digits gave them some math cred, when all that is is memorization, having nothing to do with math.Originally posted by Knight Shift:
Celebrated Pi day at the Hill Center for Mathematics today, as my son's team was in the finals for the Math Counts competition. Some kid new Pi out to 50 digits.