• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    6 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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      6 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.

      • xor@infosec.pub
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        6 months ago

        it’s not treating pi as a variable, though…
        here’s one that does work:
        circumference = 2piradius,
        so, pi = 2*radius/circumference… which is true… (pi is the ratio of diameter to circumference)
        the meme here is just an equation that’s wrong because it’s wrong… pi is being treated as if it’s some value that it’s not in the first equation, and it’s still wrong in the second equation…

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          6 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.

    • DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca
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      6 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