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Re: Pi as a fractional number?

Jan 17, 2005 02:02 PM
by John Knoderer


<< If Pi is an absolutely constant fractional number representing the
ratio of the diameter to the radius of a circle (which I'm sure it
is:-) -- how many absolute cardinal and ordinal numbers are there in
the arithmetical expression of that ratio? >>

Except that Pi has been proven NOT to be a fractional number. It is
not the ratio of one integer to another. It cannot be written as the
quotient of one integer divided by another.

Yes, Pi is the ratio of the circumference divided by the diameter, but
if the diameter is a rational number, the circumference is irrational.

If Pi were an absolutely constant fractional number, they would have
found a repeating set of numbers in Pi by now. They've calculated Pi
to many millions of digits and not found any repetition yet.
-- 
John

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