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minus-squareintensely_humanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoWe define Pi as the ratio of a circumference to diameter in the same way
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI don’t feel like that is the same thing. No one calculates pi by drawing a perfect circle and measuring the ratio. However, I believe we do calculate the meter by measuring the distance light travels in 1/299792458.000 seconds.
We define Pi as the ratio of a circumference to diameter in the same way
I don’t feel like that is the same thing. No one calculates pi by drawing a perfect circle and measuring the ratio. However, I believe we do calculate the meter by measuring the distance light travels in 1/299792458.000 seconds.