I am not a math man but I follow this discussion.
Can we say the same to the case of 10 divide by 3 , The result is 3 1/3 but
as a decimal way of writing you never end.
Maybe I just miss the whole thing, in that case I am sorry, and will
continue just reading this kind of topics.
Bye,
Paul van Grieken
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jud McCranie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 3:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: Mersenne: pi
>
> 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.
>
>
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