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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

If you squint hard enough, the capital letter pi (Π) looks like half a circle.

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If you squint hard enough, the capital letter pi (Π) looks like half a circle.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Maybe this is why pi was chosen for half of the circumference of a circle.

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That’s not half the circumference then is it???
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  Now you’re just being silly.

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