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Perhaps we might proclaim all of March to be Biblical Pi Month in solemn remembrance of the declaration made in 1 Kings 7:23 and 2 Chronicles 4:2 that PI = 3.
by SeanLuke 3y ago
Perhaps we might proclaim all of March to be Biblical Pi Month in solemn remembrance of the declaration made in 1 Kings 7:23 and 2 Chronicles 4:2 that PI = 3.
Also consider a semicircle of diameter D. Here the outside of the semicircle S, is D * PI / 2, so PI = 2 * S / D.
Now instead of a single semicircle, consider two semicircles, each of diameter D/2, stacked on top of each other so their diameters line up to add to D. Each has a outside S/2, so once again PI = 2 * S / D.
Now do it for 4 semicircles each of diameter D/4. Again, PI = 2 * S / D.
Now continue to infinity. Eventually the outsides of the stacked semicircles will, at the limit merge to the diameter. Thus at the limit PI = 2 * S / D = 2 * D/D.
Thus PI = 2. Maybe Pi Month should be February? I will leave that to the religious and mathematically inclined to argue.