▲ 532 ▼ To cosmic shreds, I say! (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 71 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] xzinik@feddit.cl 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) what if i make a base pi system? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago* That’s exactly my point. A base pi system would have pi equal to 1. In a base pi number system, a circle with a radius of 1 would have a circumference of 10. A radius of 10 would be a circumference of 100. Etc… Pi (and the relationship between a circle’s radius and circumference) only normally requires complex math because base 10 is a rational number base. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago* That’s exactly my point. A base pi system would have pi equal to 1. In a base pi number system, a circle with a radius of 1 would have a circumference of 10. A radius of 10 would be a circumference of 100. Etc… Pi (and the relationship between a circle’s radius and circumference) only normally requires complex math because base 10 is a rational number base. permalink fedilink source parent
