Irrational numbers do not "end" and, supposedly, do not repeat. Therefore we both cannot find the last digit, nor can we "predict" it.
2007-02-20 02:52:13
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answered by TankAnswer 4
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Oh come on, thats just irrational, go back to sleep, Sleeping Beauty.
An irrational number is a number that cannot be expressed as a fraction for any integers and . Irrational numbers have decimal expansions that neither terminate nor become periodic. Every transcendental number is irrational.
The most famous irrational number is , sometimes called Pythagoras's constant. Legend has it that the Pythagorean philosopher Hippasus used geometric methods to demonstrate the irrationality of while at sea and, upon notifying his comrades of his great discovery, was immediately thrown overboard by the fanatic Pythagoreans. Other examples include , , , etc. The Erdos-Borwein constant
2007-02-20 12:57:26
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answered by Anonymous
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It doesn't have one. Pi is infinite
A mathematician named Lambert in the nineteenth century showed that pi
is not a rational number. This means it is not the quotient of two
integers. You may know, for example, that 22/7 is an approximation to
pi. (355/113 is a much better one). But Lambert's theorem shows that
neither of these approximations is exact. Because pi is irrational,
the decimal expansion of pi cannot come to an end, and it cannot
repeat either.
In 1882, another mathematician named Lindemann proved much more. He
showed that you can't write an equation with integral coefficients
that has pi as a solution. For exmaple, the square root of 10 is a
rough approximation to pi, but Lindemann's theorem shows that it
cannot be exact.
Lindemann's theorem also shows that a very famous ancient problem
called "squaring the circle" is impossible. Squaring the circle means
finding the side of a square whose area is equal to the area of the
circle with a given radius, if all you are allowed to use is a compass
and a straightedge. This problem had puzzled people since the ancient
Greeks.
In answer to your second question, it is of course possible to
represent pi in binary notation, as a string of 0's and 1's. Lambert's
theorem again shows that this string cannot come to an end or repeat.
But your question seems to refer to the ordinary decimal
representation. That is, you want to know if the decimal
3.14159265358979....
eventually leads to just a string of 0's and 1's. The answer to this
question is that nobody knows, but most mathematicians would be
extremely surprised if this turned out to be so. Pi has been
calculated to about 50 billion decimal places, and so far all the
digits from 0 to 9 appear just about equally often.
2007-02-20 11:14:30
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answered by Basement Bob 6
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The last number of pie is zero, because there is zero pie left when I have finished eating it.
Pi is an irrational number. Like all irrational numbers such as sqrt(2), sqrt(3), (1+sqrt(5))/2, e, cuberoot(7) etcs, it doesn't repeat and goes on for ever, so there is no last digit.
If Pi ended, then it would be a rational number, in other words some whole number divided by another whole number. For example, if Pi was exactly 3.142, then it would equal 3142 / 1000. That's a ratio of two whole numbers.
If Pi went on for ever but repeated, then it would also be one whole number divided by another: for example, if Pi were 3.141414... then it would be equal to 3 + 14/99 which is 311/99.
2007-02-20 11:00:34
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answered by Gnomon 6
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Pie does not have a last number.. it is a number that never ends..but did you know that the 9th billion number of pie is 9? Kool huh?
2007-02-20 10:51:34
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answered by veena_dracks84 2
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Do You mean Pi or something like apple pie.
2007-02-20 10:51:45
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answer #6
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answered by CctbOh 5
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As far as we know it is a none repeating, none terminating decimal! So everytime we find the next digit, there is another waiting. The site below will tell you all about pi, and has it calculated to 50,000 places!
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.pi.html
2007-02-20 10:55:58
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answered by lynn y 3
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"Pie" is a dessert or a reference to a pizza (pizza pie). "Pi" is a mathematical expression which has no known last digit in it's numerical form.
2007-02-20 10:55:02
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answered by marklemoore 6
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It depends on how far you want to measure it.
You could ask what the very last number of 2 is.
2.00
2.000
2.0000
2.0000000000000000000000000000100000
2007-02-20 10:56:01
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answered by Anonymous
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Pi is a nonterminating decimal, and therefore has no "last number". Sorry. However, for basic calculations, 3.1415 is good enough.
2007-02-20 10:58:10
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answered by Kilroy 4
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