What is Pi [pie] ?

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What is Pi [pie] ?

- A mathematician: "Pi is the ratio of the circumference
of a circle to its diameter."
- A computer programmer: "Pi is 3.141592653589
in double precision."
- A physicist: "Pi is 3.14159 plus or minus 0.000005."
- An engineer: "Pi is about 22/7."
- A nutritionist: "Pie is a healthy and delicious dessert!"
 
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Ah Grasshopper PI is easy check out Phi or the Fibonachi golden mean theory. (It might be a law but not real sure,) I know the Fibonachi sequence is law, but it's so simple it can't be disproved. Pretty smart guy he was, had a keen eye for nature and numbers.
 
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I'll just leave this here....

Top 10 Excuses for Not Turning in your Math Homework:

10. It's Isaac Newton's birthday.
9. I accidentally divided by zero and my paper suddenly burst into flames.
8. I could only get arbitrarily close to my textbook. I couldn't actually reach it.
7. I have the proof, but there isn't room to write it in this margin.
6. I was watching the World Series and got tied up trying to prove that it converged.
5. I have a solar powered calculator and it was cloudy.
4. I locked the paper in my trunk but a four-dimensional dog got in and ate it.
3. I couldn't figure out whether i is the square of -1 or i am the square root of -1.
2. I had too much pi and got sick.
1. I could have sworn I put the homework inside a Klein bottle, but this morning I couldn't find it.
 
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I have to agree with Matt here... pe-can is what is used for long trips with no stops.

pah-con is what is eaten is pies. At least that is how I was taught to say it. :)
 
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I read a book about Fibonacci (Leonardo of Pisa) and a book on phi. He did not calculate phi (golden mean). He developed the series of numbers that was used to describe the propagation of rabbits. As the sequence continues and you divide the last number by the previous it approaches 1.618.... His greatest contribution was introducing Hindu-Arabic numbers to merchants in North Africa and Europe.
 
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Phi Φ[/FONT]​
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The golden ratio to 1024 decimal places:[/FONT]​
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1.6180339887 4989484820 4586834365 6381177203 0917980576
2862135448 6227052604 6281890244 9707207204 1893911374
8475408807 5386891752 1266338622 2353693179 3180060766
7263544333 8908659593 9582905638 3226613199 2829026788
0675208766 8925017116 9620703222 1043216269 5486262963
1361443814 9758701220 3408058879 5445474924 6185695364
8644492410 4432077134 4947049565 8467885098 7433944221
2544877066 4780915884 6074998871 2400765217 0575179788
3416625624 9407589069 7040002812 1042762177 1117778053
1531714101 1704666599 1466979873 1761356006 7087480710
1317952368 9427521948 4353056783 0022878569 9782977834
7845878228 9110976250 0302696156 1700250464 3382437764
8610283831 2683303724 2926752631 1653392473 1671112115
8818638513 3162038400 5222165791 2866752946 5490681131
7159934323 5973494985 0904094762 1322298101 7261070596
1164562990 9816290555 2085247903 5240602017 2799747175
3427775927 7862561943 2082750513 1218156285 5122248093
9471234145 1702237358 0577278616 0086883829 5230459264
7878017889 9219902707 7690389532 1968198615 1437803149
9741106926 0886742962 2675756052 3172777520 3536139362
1076738937 6455606060 5922...[/FONT]


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This number recurs infinitely and is known as an irrational number. It is also known as dynamic, because in a sense it's alive. You will NEVER see a golden mean spiral, nor can you graph it. This is because it is a vibration or energy field. So it may be felt or experienced, but because it is an infinite spiral it is not bound by finite mathematics.[/FONT]​
 
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More exactly:

phi = (1+sqrt(5))/2.

Or 2*cos(36º).

36º is the angle of the points on a 5-pointed star. It's also the ratio of the sides of the triangle that makes up a point.

Damn interesting number.
 
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palmermethod said:

What is Pi [pie] ?

- A mathematician: "Pi is the ratio of the circumference
of a circle to its diameter."
- A computer programmer: "Pi is 3.141592653589
in double precision."
- A physicist: "Pi is 3.14159 plus or minus 0.000005."
- An engineer: "Pi is about 22/7."
- A nutritionist: "Pie is a healthy and delicious dessert!"
Click to expand...
Add finally White House accountant. When asked, he looked around to make sure nobody else would hear & said.

"What do you want it to be?"
 
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