2007-07-08 16:48:53 · 16 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
No. Pi is a finite number. In Mathematics, infinite is defined as Existing beyond or being greater than any arbitrarily large value. Pi is approximately 3.14159. 3 is a finite number and 4 is a finite number. There may be an infinite number of numbers between 3 and 4, but each number is finite. The absolute value of Pi is a difficult number to come by. If we take the decimal number of 1.3, we get 0.3333333333.... The threes may an infinite number of places to the right of the decimal point when looking for the most accurate value, but if this number is multiplied by 3, you will get one. Pi may have an infinite number of places to the right of the decimal point when looking for the most accurate value, but Pi times the diameter equals the circumference. The circumference and the diameter or both finite. Because Pi has boundaries between 3 and 4, it is not infinite. Even the absolute value of 3 has an infinite number of 0's to the right of the decimal. The absolute value of 1/3 has an infinite number of 3's to the right of the decimal. Pi has an infinite number to the right of the decimal, but the order does not repeat itself.
2007-07-08 17:06:54 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Cellophane 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not infinite, it's irrational. Pi can be expressed exactly as 4 * arctan (1). That's a finite value, which happens to be irrational, and as such, has an infinite number of decimal places.
2007-07-08 18:11:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not infinite in value, but it is infinite in how many digits are past the decimal place.
2007-07-08 17:02:04 · answer #3 · answered by Wyatt F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pi = 3.1452........
It's not an infinite number (with a value between 3.14 and 3.15), but an infinite series (of numbers that try to reach at a precise value for it).
Alternatively, Pi is also 22/7.
2007-07-08 16:59:00 · answer #4 · answered by Alvin X 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yes, in the sense that it is irrational. The decimal expansion of pi goes on for ever.
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2007-07-08 16:51:31 · answer #5 · answered by tsr21 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
unknown, because we haven't gotten to the end of it, and have yet to find a cyclic pattern which signifies a sort of end.
Since the end is not known for certainty, then the possibility of its going on forever does exist, but that it maintains an infinite set of factors is also not certain.
2007-07-08 17:04:38 · answer #6 · answered by science_joe_2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not infinite in magnitude. But, it has infinitely many digits if you try to write it down.
2007-07-08 16:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by Richard C 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it never ends, and never repeats, it just keeps going and going. http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/~jborwein/pi25000 here are the first 25,000 digits of PI. Like I said it goes on forever.
2007-07-08 17:00:41 · answer #8 · answered by Bill S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2007-07-09 07:35:50 · answer #9 · answered by cutest pooky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-07-08 16:54:34 · answer #10 · answered by starconfusionco1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋