Omfg why can’t I figure out why this does not work. Help me pls
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Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
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nachtigall@feddit.de 1 year ago
RandomStickman@kbin.run 1 year ago
I think it's because no matter how many corners you cut it's still an approximation of the circumference. There's just an infinite amount of corners that sticks out
marcos@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There’s just an infinite amount of corners that sticks out
Yes. And that means that it is not an approximation of the circumference.
But it approximates the area of the circle.
RandomStickman@kbin.run 1 year ago
True, thanks for the correction
Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
It’s a fractal problem, even if you repeat the cutting until infinite, there are still a roughness with little triangles which you must add to Pi, there are no difference between image 4 and 5, the triangles are still there, smaller but more. But it’s a nice illusion.
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Because you never make a circle. You just make a polygon with a perimeter of four and an infinite number of sides as the number of sides approaches infinity.
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
But if you made a regular polygon, with the number of sides approaching infinity, it would work.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 year ago
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Exactly what I was expecting haha
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
The lines in this are askew and it’s mildly annoying
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They’re there to askew why the logic doesn’t work.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 year ago
That approach works for area but not for perimeter, because cutting off the corners gives you a shape whose area is closer to the circle’s, but it doesn’t change the perimeter at all.
Dippy@beehaw.org 1 year ago
Does this work with triangles too?
seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Pi = 4! = 4×3×2 = 24?