Dear Vincy, I hope that in school you also learned that 22/7 is an approximation. Please consult your local mathematician for a proof that pi != 22/7. A quick search will provide you with volumes of information on what pi is, how it may be calculated, and calculations out to thousands of digits.
Cheers, Josh On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Vincy Pyne <vincy_p...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > Dear R helpers, > > I have one basic doubt about the value of pi. In school, we have learned that > > pi = 22/7 (which is = 3.142857). However, if I type pi in R, I get pi = > 3.141593. So which value of pi should be considered? > > Regards > > Vincy > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
