Value of Pi changed

BigBuffet · #1 03-27-2007, 05:22 PM

Value of Pi reduced for simplicity

http://www.ams.org/

The American Mathematical Society is launching a drive to reduce the value of Pi to 3.13. They said the reason is for simplicity of use. And instead of reducing it to what most would think would be 3.14, 3.13 was chosen because 13 is a Fibonacci number.

arahant · #2 03-27-2007, 05:29 PM

4 days early?

AvivaSimplex · #3 03-27-2007, 07:43 PM

Old news. See my avatar.

HighStakesPro · #4 03-27-2007, 09:31 PM

What is a fibonacci number?

godBoy · #5 03-27-2007, 10:14 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number

FortunaMaximus · #6 03-27-2007, 10:17 PM

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Heh. 3.17 makes more sense. Not only is it inherently lucky, it's also prime material.

Edit: Removed redundant link. nh.

wtfsvi · #7 03-27-2007, 10:18 PM

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Jiggymike · #8 03-27-2007, 11:01 PM

Wtf doesn't pi have a very specific mathematical meaning? How can you just go around changing it?

Homer · #9 03-27-2007, 11:08 PM

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Yeah, this makes no sense. Pi is pi, it is what it is.

PairTheBoard · #10 03-27-2007, 11:44 PM

I heard there's a guy in Laughland who wants to reduce it to 3.13666 and stamp the last 3 digits on everybody's forehead.

PairTheBoard