I mean why is it that any circle, when you take the relationship C/D it comes up with such a unique number with a decimal that is seemingly infinite with no known repeating pattern. Is there more to it than "that's just the way it is"? What is the significance.
2007-05-02 10:28:03 · 7 answers · asked by Kc Walls 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
There are people who spend their entire lives trying to figure out Pi- there is even an international PI group that spends its time working on PI calculations and calculating PI out to some billion places or something. No one really knows why PI is like it is, but people are certainly facinated by it!
2007-05-02 10:32:48 · answer #1 · answered by Alissandrya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just the way it is for Pi, and for about six or eight other fundamental mathematical numbers that you can say exactly the same about - always the same number, and an infinite decimal with no repeating pattern. The only significance is that nearly everybody comes across Pi in their everyday lives, and very few people come across any of the others such as e, phi, gamma, the twin prime constant, the Euler-Mascheroni constant, . . . But to a mathematician, all of these are just fundamental numbers, each in a different way.
2007-05-03 05:48:13 · answer #2 · answered by bh8153 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pi is actually alien technology given to the egyptians. It has many more uses than we know at this time. Do you really think they built those huge pyramids with just their hands and hard work?
Pi is just what you said. The relationship of c and d. And it is always the same because a circle move away from the center equally at all points. Meaning the diameter and circumference change proportionally. proportionally at exactly pi.
2007-05-02 17:34:08 · answer #3 · answered by mitchellinho 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pi is a number (22/7 if you want a fraction) that you always end up with Pi after you divide the circumference of a circle by its diameter. After some really smart people did this a couple of times, they figured out a pattern. Now we use Pi.
2007-05-02 17:35:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
thats just the way it is. I want to know how some guy a 1000 years ago figures it out and why people today are still trying to find the last digit, because after the billionth decimal point the numbers really have no value. p.s. I know I just asked a question I just didn't want to lose any points
2007-05-02 17:33:25 · answer #5 · answered by shotgunsherriffs 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ï is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
For more info go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi
2007-05-02 17:34:26 · answer #6 · answered by Vnvim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just the way it is.
2007-05-02 17:31:20 · answer #7 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋