--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: how to generate pi in c > To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 10:38 AM > On 11/08/2010 10:00 AM, Bruno Wolff > III wrote: > > Just remember that depends on Euclidean Geometry. In > other geometries (say > > very large circles on the surface of the earth) the > ratio is different. > > And, of course, let's not forget the time that B.S. Johnson > managed to > make pi equal exactly three in a small volume of space. > -- And There is the mention of pi in the bible: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+7%3A23&version=KJV http://www.abarim-publications.com/Bible_Commentary/Pi_In_The_Bible.html There are always the infinite series involving 4*arctan(1.0) and the famous approximations 22/7 and 355/113, the subject is rich and beautiful. Wonder what we can do in pi day (March 14, 2011)? It will be on a Monday :) [olivares@GHS-E213-3 Documents]$ cal 3 2011 March 2011 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 [olivares@GHS-E213-3 Documents]$ uname -r 2.6.34.7-61.fc13.x86_64 Regards, Antonio -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
