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Everything you wanted to know about pi but were afraid to ask

Happy pi day with a post about pi.… Read More Everything you wanted to know about pi but were afraid to ask

March 14, 2018March 14, 2019 abonato991 Comment

Everything you wanted to know about pi but were afraid to ask

Ghost in the Machine A clever way to foil an evil ghost possessing your computer is to ask it compute all the digits of π. Spock did just that in a scene from the classic Star Trek episode Wolf in the Fold. But what exactly is π? It’s a number of course, but not like the counting numbers 1, 2,… Read More Everything you wanted to know about pi but were afraid to ask

March 9, 2016March 11, 2016 abonato992 Comments

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