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Interesting point if it had been apparent it would have been an issue, at what point does a poor Pi become an issue? What would a Pi of 3.0 do?
by zeristor 4y ago
Interesting point if it had been apparent it would have been an issue, at what point does a poor Pi become an issue?
What would a Pi of 3.0 do?
- oever 4y agoHere's a presentation show what happens to rendering in the game Doom when π has different values. https://media.ccc.de/v/mch2022-236-non-euclidean-doom-what-happens-to-a-game-when-pi-is-not-3-14159- https://media.ccc.de/v/mch2022-236-non-euclidean-doom-what-h...
- rzzzt 4y agoA professor comes around and criticizes it as it is about to become law: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill - https://www.straightdope.com/21341975/did-a-state-legislature-once-pass-a-law-saying-pi-equals-3 https://www.straightdope.com/21341975/did-a-state-legislatur...
- kaoD 4y agoIn this case not a lot happens since it's only used for Z rotation.
- jffhn 4y agoThe value was superior to mathematical Pi (as is best float approximation, but not best double approximation), such as having 2*PI normalized into [0,2*Pi] by standard trigonometric functions (which use accurate approximations of Pi) would not preserve it and yield a value close to 4.2e-10, which could cause suprises (for example if angular ranges are defined as (start,end) and not (start,span)).