Question

Serious Question #1.
How was the value of pi been derived? Anyone can enlighten me? :3

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_computation_of_%CF%80

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximations_of_%CF%80

Answer 3

calculus required for knowledg eof later stuff, and I think the math reqs only get higher from there.

Answer 4

I don't wanna read. I want it here. Really. Atleast I already have calculus knowledge. Do you know how is it?

Answer 5

Dude, I just gave you one of the more complete resources on the internet, and you just brush it off saying you don't want to read. Seriously?

Answer 6

Many civilizations knew about pi but never had contact. They had circles had a point where it would reach the same point again. The greeks labeled it Pi, and it kinda just stuck.

Answer 7

There is more than one way to approximate pi, and there's no plausible reason anyone would summarize all of them

Answer 8

measure it's circumference and diameter, take the ratio and you'll always get pi.

Answer 9

Problem solved. That was easy.

Answer 10

Ooohhh. I'm not really brushing it off. I mean, I guess I will not understand it. :)

Answer 11

You will dude, and it'll probably be more accurate than anything most people could state off the top of their head

Answer 12

I mean, do you know about the method including triangles?

Answer 13

Or because it's the right answer.. I summed it up. And the inscribed circle?

Answer 14

Yes.

Answer 15

http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/clindsey/mhf4404/archimedes/archimedes.html

Answer 16

that?

Answer 17

I think this should help me. Thanks.

Answer 18

There's more than one way to compute pi man. If you know calculus then http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/pi/piforms.html will also be an interesting read

Answer 19

*approximate

Answer 20

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