Matt BlazeToday, 3/14, is Pi Day in the US, where the date corresponds to the first three significant digits of the eponymous mathematical constant. Europeans find this baffling, since there, under the metric system, Pi is exactly 10.
MelbPTUser@mattblaze I know this is a joke but at least we (metric countries) didn’t actively try to legislate π = 3, like they proposed in Indiana in 1897 🤪
Pi Fisher@MelbPTUser @mattblaze I think you mean 3.2. The Bible claimed π=3, not the failed bill in Indiana.
Colin the Mathmo@MelbPTUser The real story is more interesting than simply saying that pi = 3. More complex, and harder to unravel, but definitely more interesting.
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