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bampop@lemmy.world 3 hours ago256/81 (~= 3.16) as the stand-in for π.
Interesting choice, it suggests they didn’t have any way to verify the accuracy of that approximation, since 22/7 is way closer, but (4/3)^4 is really cute and elegant.
untorquer@quokk.au 2 hours ago
Also the volume of the sphere is then (4/3)^5 r^3 so i wonder if it had something to do with trying to unify that
bampop@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
That’s so neat, we should resurrect the Indiana Pi Bill with this value!
untorquer@quokk.au 2 hours ago
LMAO learned something new!