2007-12-31 06:16:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I was going to say no. But I like the answer given by jif L. sounds right.
2007-12-31 06:36:29 · answer #1 · answered by ADad 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A circle has an infinite number of sides, which means that it has an infinite number of corners as well. If you take one section of the circle, it will look curved. But as you zoom in, it will look less curved, and eventually you will have linearity. That is where the sides come from. As proof, look at a decagon (10 sides). It is starting to look round. As you add more and more sides to a polygon, it starts to look more and more like a circle. If you had a polygon with 1000 sides, would you be able to distinguish the different sides?
Midnight~Angel :)
2007-12-31 16:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by Midnight_Angel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Like the symbol for ever-lasting life Ourobouros, the serpent eating its own tail
2007-12-31 15:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by Quizard 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jif L
PI doesn't have anything to do with a circles beginning or ending. And it is constant and fixed. You could derive pie from any polygonal shape.
Just because it doesn't have repeating numbers or phrases doesn't mean that it has no pattern. So to say it is chaotic is bit of an assumption. The fact that the ratio of ANY circle's circumference to its diameter (even if it is not closed) comes to the same thing, I would argue that it is indeed NOT chaotic...
2007-12-31 15:14:39 · answer #4 · answered by acyberwin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As soon as you locate a beginning point on the circumference of a circle its already the End.
2007-12-31 15:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by goring 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as a true circle. If that were true, the pi 'constant' would have a fixed value (it's value to many decimal places have yet to be discovered to an finite point, assumed infinite and chaotic)
By mathematical interpretation, it is a polygon with infinite straight sides, therefore it has two ends to each infinite line.
Two multiplied by infinity equals infinity. So it has infinite ends.
A circle could be anything from a square to a squillion sided polygon.
Conventionally, a circle drawn over a spherical plane has two ends, which can be seen on the horizon when the sphere is rotated to part the curve in a field of view.
2007-12-31 14:30:24 · answer #6 · answered by Raging Tranny 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, at the point where the arclength = the circumference of the circle the circle starts over.
2007-12-31 14:29:42 · answer #7 · answered by Mark G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I Don't Think It Has One... It Hasn't Got A Corner Either!! ;-)
Anyway,, Hope Yu Had A Good Xmas && Best Wishes For 2008
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2007-12-31 14:27:45 · answer #8 · answered by sinsNotTragadies 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
idk i thought about this for a while and now my brain hurts i guess the beginning is the end
or is the end the beginning?
idk anywho.....
its one of those two
2007-12-31 14:25:08 · answer #9 · answered by Hollister♥Is♥Love 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you consider any point on the circumference as the start point, then the end point will be the same point rotated through 360 degrees.
2007-12-31 14:24:58 · answer #10 · answered by Fed-up 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...its begining. After that it is not the original circle, but another one.
2007-12-31 14:22:31 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋