Rainb0wSkeppy@lemmy.world to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 10 months agoYOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO THIS WHOLE TIME!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down11
arrow-up184arrow-down1imageYOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO THIS WHOLE TIME!lemmy.worldRainb0wSkeppy@lemmy.world to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·10 months agoSadly, this is so far over my head that I have to accept it as truth, spread the word with authority, and found a religion based on it
minus-squareCattlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·edit-210 months agoThis “proof” is based on a bug in Casio calculators (tested it on the fx-991EX classwitz, got it there too) A try to explain it is in this video by Matt Parker. Are exactly the same numbers
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·10 months agoIt’s just an equation that gives you the first few digits of pi if you treat pi as a variable. But, pi isn’t a variable, so it’s not a real equation.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months ago pi is being treated as if it’s some value that it’s not in the first equation That’s a variable. The value of ‘pi’ is dependent on the rest of the equation. If you treat it as a variable, the math gives you 3.1415926536.
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoAhhh, gotcha! Thanks for the info :)
minus-squaredm_me_your_boobs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoAs a programmer, I know what a variable is. Therefore, now this all makes sense to me.
minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·10 months agoMaybe I am also too dumb, but isn’t the issue that the first equation is just wrong? It assumes that pi only equals 3.141592654
Sadly, this is so far over my head that I have to accept it as truth, spread the word with authority, and found a religion based on it
This “proof” is based on a bug in Casio calculators (tested it on the fx-991EX classwitz, got it there too)
A try to explain it is in this video by Matt Parker. Are exactly the same numbers
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature
It’s just an equation that gives you the first few digits of pi if you treat pi as a variable.
But, pi isn’t a variable, so it’s not a real equation.
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That’s a variable. The value of ‘pi’ is dependent on the rest of the equation.
If you treat it as a variable, the math gives you 3.1415926536.
Ahhh, gotcha! Thanks for the info :)
As a programmer, I know what a variable is. Therefore, now this all makes sense to me.
Maybe I am also too dumb, but isn’t the issue that the first equation is just wrong? It assumes that pi only equals 3.141592654