At 12:06 AM 2/9/00 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>But when I look at a circle I see a finite area within the circle with no
>means of growing or escape. Logic seems to indicate that pi would have to
>be a finite exact value since the area in the circle is finite.
No, pi is irrational, which means that the digits go on forever without
repeating.
>So, either the figure for pi is in error (not likely) or pi has a end.
The calculated value of pi is never exact, since it is calculated to a
finite precision.
+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Jud McCranie |
| |
| 137*2^197783+1 is prime! (59,541 digits, 11/11/99) |
| 137*2^224879+1 is prime! (67,687 digits, 1/00) |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
_________________________________________________________________
Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
