--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: how to generate pi in c > To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 3:27 PM > On Monday, November 08, 2010 18:00:55 > Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > > On Monday, November 08, 2010 04:49:33 Tim wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2010-11-06 at 17:13 +0100, > Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > > > > > You are probably alle wrong - pi equals > 3.125, see: > > > > > http://www.correctpi.com/ > > > > > > > > I was always under the impression that pi > was merely the ratio of the > > > > circumference to the diameter, something > that's easy enough to prove > > > > empirically (measure the two, and do the > maths). > > > > Just remember that depends on Euclidean Geometry. In > other geometries (say > > very large circles on the surface of the earth) the > ratio is different. > > Ok, well, since this thread is already so far off-topic for > a Fedora list, it > won't hurt much to add a few more lines... :-) > > The pi can actually be defined as a period of the > exponential function, exp(z), > in the imaginary direction. This is quite fundamental, and > doesn't depend on > any geometry definition whatsoever. Everything else can be > considered a > consequence, if you set up your axioms in a convenient > way... ;-) e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0 \pi = (\ln(-1)/i), but \ln(-1) does not exist? in the Real Numbers, and i = \sqrt(-1). Interesting, indeed :) > > Best, :-) > Marko > > -- 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
