Pie - the number

[ajprice]

Re: Pie - the number

Pie chart?

[problemchild1976]

Re: Pie - the number

I want some pie

JJ

[NBC]

Re: Pie - the number



That's just pi in the ski ...

... py in the sky ? Pie in the skie ?

Boy I am happy I never had to learn English !

[fat_rick]

never has 2 numbers the same in sequence either <**** fact of the day>

Not sure what you mean by that? It looks like you're saying "never repeats a digit pair" - eg 14 couldn't repeat anywhere after the start - but that's obviously wrong, there are only 100 digit pairs available and pi is more than 200 digits long. What did you mean?

Pi is interesting for a number of reasons, but most of what's being discussed here is a consequence of it being "transcendental" - that is, there's no polynomial* equation with whole-number coefficients to which it's a solution. The only other transcendental number most people ever notice is e.

*polynomial equation: take powers of x, multiply by numbers, add up, set equal to zero.

[problemchild1976]

Re: Pie - the number

Well I assumed he meant there were never 2 2's next to each other or 2 7's or 2 4's

I.e.
2 numbers the same ... 2 and 2
In sequence ... Next to each other

JJ

[fat_rick]

That would make sense, yes, JJ. Not true though - eg the 24th and 25th after the point are both 3.

[ManM]

Re: Pie - the number

Definitely - American Pi ...

So bye bye miss?