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hinkley
on April 26, 2023
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Why do prime numbers make these spirals? (2019)
You can also approximate pi as 22/7, which explains some of the other patterns that appear farther out.
ihatepython
on April 26, 2023
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> You can also approximate pi as 22/7
Except in Indiana, where the legal value of pi is 3.2 by mandate.
jjgreen
on April 26, 2023
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To be fair, this was proposed but not accepted by the state legislature (in 1879)
viciousvoxel
on April 26, 2023
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I'm curious why, even if you were going to approximate it, it would be rounded
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to the nearest decimal rather than rounded in the standard way to 3.1?
kazinator
on April 27, 2023
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The value 3.0 is better; then you can build hexagonal wheels.
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