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To: Aurelius
Yeah, that too. I just figured anyone who cared, knew.

Boy was I wrong.

160 posted on 12/08/2001 4:42:38 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: AmishDude
There is a story, (I could look it up but am too lazy) of a Geman mathematician, named Ludolf, I believe, who worked to compute pi to more decimal places than anyone previously had done. He had his answer engraved on his tombstone. It turned out most of the digits were wrong.
171 posted on 12/08/2001 4:53:13 PM PST by Aurelius
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