Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 31

Thread: what does pi =

  1. #1
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Posts
    256

    what does pi =

    i can't find anywhere what the absolute value of pi is, does anybody know?

  2. #2
    Friend of Staff fancyf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    ƒ@ncyville
    Posts
    1,393
    windows's calc. says

    3,1415926535897932384626433832795

  3. #3
    Member chuckiechan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 1999
    Location
    Sacto, CA
    Posts
    362
    There has been no absolute value computed, AFAIK. In fact they have gone out to several hunderd decimal places and have not found a precise number. Probably never will. Kinda like the largest prime number.

    Edit: Make sure your speaker is on...

    http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/pi/pi.html

    Sounds like a typical physics instructor.

    Edit 2: to recite all the known digits of Pi (6.4 billion digits) would take 133 years with no pause for coffee or sleep.
    Last edited by chuckiechan; 02-21-2003 at 01:40 AM.

  4. #4
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Posts
    256
    i'm pretty sure they have an exact value. there is an exact value for everything such as e, sine, cosine, tangent.

  5. #5
    Member badgern's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    South Wales UK
    Posts
    172
    The value is 22/7 but this will give decimal places to the Nth degree, as the others say, there is no exact value.. not all things in life have an answer!!

  6. #6
    Ultimate Member germanNiklas's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Germany/Frankfurt
    Posts
    1,404
    http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/pi/pi.html
    lol ur right
    man
    why not in english
    listening to it now for 3 mins or so
    gets broing
    but i wont stop
    how long will

    oh u can do it in english
    cool

    this is exiting

    i dont get it how ppl are fining out one more digit and more
    i mean what a life, what a job
    how BORING
    not my dream job fidning out digits

  7. #7
    Ultimate Member germanNiklas's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Germany/Frankfurt
    Posts
    1,404
    at digit 5000 now
    ahhhh can i still hold it
    all togther it takes 362 min

  8. #8
    Registered User mireland's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Posts
    3,016
    I like pie...just not THIS kind...

  9. #9
    Banned zybch's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2002
    Posts
    2,292
    Its called an irrational number, and just like trying to express 1/3 in decimals, it simply cannot be done using our standard 10 digit decimal system, no matter how many digits you stick after the decimal point.

  10. #10
    Ultimate Member genesound's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Studio City CA
    Posts
    1,841
    Exactly. Irrational. I'll not have any part of it... Come back when yas learn fractions. I like Pi I do sound... Basic analysis on waveforms is greatly trig... Lotsa Pi
    Last edited by genesound; 11-17-2005 at 04:51 AM.

  11. #11
    Ultimate Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2001
    Location
    San Diego, CA
    Posts
    3,723
    Irrational numbers are numbers that neither terminate nor become periodic. Pi is indeed an irrational number. 1/3 however is not. It only meets one of the criteria and thats that it doesn't terminate. It does however repeat itself. Irrational numbers also cannot be expressed in fractions.

  12. #12
    Ultimate Member genesound's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Studio City CA
    Posts
    1,841
    Yeah, but if ya knows what 3 is yas can get decent work.

  13. #13
    Ultimate Member genesound's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Studio City CA
    Posts
    1,841
    3145926 always got me bye

  14. #14
    Ultimate Member genesound's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Studio City CA
    Posts
    1,841
    Square root of 2 too... 1.414

    No dont offer a show in a tutu

  15. #15
    Ultimate Member genesound's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Studio City CA
    Posts
    1,841
    Q? .707? 1? ... welcome ta trig...

    fagedaboudit... twist the knob... it's more r less... great!

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •