Was PI Just Hacked? STRING THEORY Scientists ‘STUMBLE UPON’ Whole New Way to Represent Famously Irrational Number

The Debrief ^ | June 26, 2024 | Christopher Plain

[Red Badger]

3.14159... ping........................

[Paladin2]

Are we going to get our Mr. Fusions or not?

[Stosh]

Indians, pi - toss in a tiger, and you’ve got a movie

[fwdude]

I’m more intrigued by the irrational constant “e.”

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant)

[gundog]

I thought I heard that NASA did a lot of their computations in base 12 math, in which pi is a rational number. And I heard that decades ago.

[DesertRhino]

For god’s sakes, please stop calling it string “theory”. It’s “String Hypothesis” until there is a repeatable falsifiable experiment proving it. A dry erase board is not an experiment.

[Jonty30]

I have it memorized to 3.14159265358.

It’s good if they’ve figured out how to calculate it faster than computerized geometry.

[Ciaphas Cain]

12:50, press Return

[Psalm 73]

“Pi” - a very interesting Kate Bush song off of her Ariel album.

[Sequoyah101]

Never did say what they “discovered”. Near worthless but lengthy article. I don’t think we actually know pi is indeterminate but for all practical purposes it is.

[Red Badger]

In everyday calculations not requiring much precision, 3.14159 is sufficient for getting answers that are ‘close enough’.

But when you’re dealing with astronomical numbers measured in parsecs or light years, then those extra added digits become quite relevant to your equations.....................

[Red Badger]

They basically represent pi as a series equation that can be inserted into another equation without actually defining it as a solid rational number......................

[alloysteel]

The number represented by “Pi” could be expressed as 22 divided by 7, which is a reasonably good expression for simple low-resolution mathematics. Anyway, that is what I was taught in third grade.

Pie are squared. No, no, Pie are round.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

My PIN is the last four digits of π. Now I have to change it.

For anyone interested, this is an excellent video about calculating π.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMlf1ELvRzc

[MTsumi]

Tau is better than PI.

[Rio]

[glennaro]

On a hand-held calculator I still use the old 113355 technique: The last three numbers divided by the first three (355/113 = 3.1415929); close enough for what I’m doing with a “archaic device”. Cheers!

[Mathews]

Was it Dr Sheldon L. Cooper’s work?