February 17, 2008 Re: Totally OT: Quantum Mechanics proof for the existence of a Supreme | ||||
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Yigal Chripun Wrote:
> Daniel Lewis wrote:
> > Any infinite form can expand too. Add a few digits to the end of Pi.
> You are wrong in you're reasoning. from wikipedia:
> "[Pi] represents the ratio of any circle
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle>'s circumference to its diameter in
> Euclidean geometry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_geometry>,
> which is the same as the ratio of a circle's area to the square of its
> radius."
> the number Pi is just a representation of said ratio, and any decimal
> representation of it is _not_ Pi itself but an approximation of it.
> 3.14 is not Pi but a number that is close to Pi, that's all.
Yeah. I meant by means of refining the approximation. It's a limit, and so you can continue to approach Pi indefinitely and still add to, or improve upon your approximation. I'm hard up for an example.
Can someone provide a better one?
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