Comment on suck it, math nerds

Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Pi = 4! = 4×3×2 = 24?

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• nachtigall@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Omfg why can’t I figure out why this does not work. Help me pls

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  • RandomStickman@kbin.run ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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

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    • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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      • RandomStickman@kbin.run ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        True, thanks for the correction

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  • Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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  • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      But if you made a regular polygon, with the number of sides approaching infinity, it would work.

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  • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    youtu.be/VYQVlVoWoPY

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    • mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Exactly what I was expecting haha

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• ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The lines in this are askew and it’s mildly annoying

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    They’re there to askew why the logic doesn’t work.

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• lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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• Dippy@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Does this work with triangles too?

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