• southsamurai
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    10 months ago

    Sadly, this is so far over my head that I have to accept it as truth, spread the word with authority, and found a religion based on it

    • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
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      10 months ago

      It’s just an equation that gives you the first few digits of pi if you treat pi as a variable.

      But, pi isn’t a variable, so it’s not a real equation.

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          10 months ago

          pi is being treated as if it’s some value that it’s not in the first equation

          That’s a variable. The value of ‘pi’ is dependent on the rest of the equation.

          If you treat it as a variable, the math gives you 3.1415926536.

        • WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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          10 months ago

          I’m still lost. Would you care joining us brother for the meeting?

    • DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      Maybe I am also too dumb, but isn’t the issue that the first equation is just wrong? It assumes that pi only equals 3.141592654