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Pi In The 4th Dimension

Posted by chrisd on from the almost-isn't-equal-but-interesting dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Hoy! There is some crazy guy who is all set to prove that the value of the mathematical constant Pi is same for all dimensions. He has calculated Pi for the 4th dimension - and it..it's almost equal - 3.1447817532635 wheras the calculated value of Pi in 2 dimensions (circle) is 3.1416999189943. Math nerds can calculate the percentage error. The project is on SourceForge.net and they even have an online version "

2 of 38 comments (clear)

  1. Pi by fava · · Score: 3, Informative

    Pi isn't different for different geometries, its just the series converge slower for the higher dimentions.

    The only way pi could be different was if space itself was not "flat" but curved.

  2. No, that's not pi by GCP · · Score: 4, Informative

    Pi is 3.1415926...., not either of the values claimed in the article. Approximations of pi could perhaps have the values claimed in the article. I could approximate pi as 3, but that wouldn't make pi = 3.

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