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== Biblically knowing pi ==
 
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<span style="padding-left:3em; font-size:xx-large"><span style="font-size:larger;">&pi; = 3.00</span></span> <sub>([[RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/1 Kings#1 Kings 7:23|1 Kings 7:23-26]])</sub>
 
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''And he [Hiram of Tyre] made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.''<br/>
 
''And he [Hiram of Tyre] made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.''<br/>
 
(I Kings 7:23)
 
(I Kings 7:23)

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Template:ACD Pi is a most interesting character, as it is a letter and a number.

Pi is a letter

Pi, spelled "Π", or pi, "π", or "", is the twelveteenth or so letter of the Greek alphabet, and features prominently in the names of several fraternities and sororities.

No, it's a number

As a number, π can be anywhere from three to 22/7. It represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

  • In non-Euclidian states, it is usually agreed upon to be exactly three, which then defines the curvature of their local space-time continuum. Circles become hexagons in places where pi is 3.
  • For quick work, 22/7 will do just fine.
  • For government work, 355/113 (3.1415929) is close enough.
  • If you want to land on an asteroid and not miss it by thousands of miles, it is best to use 3.1415926536 in your calculations.
  • A more exact number is 3. 1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196 4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091 4564856692 3460348610 4543266482 1339360726 0249141273 7245870066 0631558817 4881520920 9628292540 9171536436 7892590360 0113305305 4882046652 1384146951 9415116094 3305727036 5759591953 0921861173 8193261179 3105118548 0744623799 6274956735 1885752724 8912279381 8301194912 9833673362 4406566430 8602139494 6395224737 1907021798 6094370277 0539217176 2931767523 8467481846 7669405132 0005681271 4526356082 7785771342 7577896091 7363717872 1468440901 2249534301 4654958537 1050792279 6892589235 4201995611 2129021960 8640344181 5981362977 4771309960 5187072113 4999999837 2978049951 0597317328 1609631859 5024459455 3469083026 4252230825 3344685035 2619311881 7101000313 7838752886 5875332083 8142061717 7669147303 5982534904 2875546873 1159562863 8823537875 9375195778 1857780532 1712268066 1300192787 6611195909 2164201989 [1]
  • For the ambitious, the following can be used:

though it is very slow. Try

if you're short for time.

You're both wrong! It's a user

Pi

Apple pie

Apple pi!

While in trigonometry, Pi are squared, all English majors know that pie are actually round.

Apple pie bed

An apple pie bed is a bed with a crust that can't be opened. Or something. It is much like a four-poster bed, but with only 3.14 posters.

Math pie

Mathematical pie, or πe is roughly equal to 8.539734223, and is most often used for celebrations when people acquire a Ph.D. in Mathematics.

Statistical pie

Similar to Σ, Π multiplies each number within a sequence, resulting in a single product.

Pie

Pie are squared

2pir.gif

Pizza π

piz2a

If a pizza has a radius of z and a thickness of a, its volume is equal to pi*z*z*a.

My favorite πzza was a Chicago-style pizza joint in Oklahoma City in the 1970s and early 1980s. It was yummy.

Pi in popular culture

American Pi was a movie about four American high-school mathematicians who turned economics into a board game that requires all players to czech-mate.

Dean Martin popularised π in his 1953 hit That's Amore

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza π
That's amore

When come back, bring π!

MMM...floor π! --Homer Simpson

π was the title of an independent movie in the early 1990s.

The television series Twin Peaks frequently displayed the wonders of π.

A sign at the Springfield graveyard in The Simpsons exhorts passersby to "Come for the funeral, stay for the π".

Pi as body modification

If you want to be the hardest kid in your university's math department, tattoo pi to one hundred places on your arm. My friend did it, true story.

Fun and functional, as you'll have a quick and easy reference if, for whatever reason, you need to recite pi past the three or so places you learned in junior high.

Irrationality

π is an irrational number, and should not be trusted!

Transcendence

π is a transcendental number, which is something to meditate on.

Primal pi

The first 38 digits of Pi (omitting the decimal point) 31415926535897932384626433832795028841 form a prime number!

Pi as an IED

Pipebomb.jpg
πpebomb of Truth

Legally pi

In 1898 the Indiana House of Representatives unsuccessfully attempted to establish a legal value for pi, since its actual value was "wholly wanting and misleading," much like the Indiana House of Representatives itself.

Biblically knowing pi

File:Pi3.jpg

And he [Hiram of Tyre] made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
(I Kings 7:23)

Who ate all the pi?

See also

External links