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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nachtigall@feddit.de 1 month agoOmfg why can’t I figure out why this does not work. Help me pls
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
But if you made a regular polygon, with the number of sides approaching infinity, it would work.
RandomStickman@kbin.run 1 month 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 month 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 month ago
True, thanks for the correction
Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 month 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.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 month ago
youtu.be/VYQVlVoWoPY
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Exactly what I was expecting haha