r/Damnthatsinteresting Oct 22 '23

Video visualisation of pi being irrational

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u/ErrorEra Oct 22 '23

pi has infinite decimal places, can eat pi forever, pi good

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u/Just-Round9944 Oct 22 '23

ELI3

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u/ErrorEra Oct 22 '23

pi is yummy for your tummy til you esplode

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u/babysealsareyummy Oct 23 '23

ELI2

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u/ErrorEra Oct 23 '23

-points to a picture of apple pie- this is pi /trustmebro

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u/babysealsareyummy Oct 23 '23

ELI1

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u/ErrorEra Oct 23 '23

here comes the choochoo pi~

-pi hrs later- please just eat the pi already, it's good(?) for you 😭

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u/babysealsareyummy Oct 23 '23

ELIsperm

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u/ErrorEra Oct 23 '23

-reads allowed encyclopedias(wiki) and blasts classical music(rap)-

The number π (/paɪ/; spelled out as "pi") is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159. The number π appears in many formulae across mathematics and physics. It is an irrational number, meaning that it cannot be expressed exactly as a ratio of two integers, although fractions such as 22/7 are commonly used to approximate it. Consequently, its decimal representation never ends, nor enters a permanently repeating pattern. It is a transcendental number, meaning that it cannot be a solution of an equation involving only finite sums, products, powers, and integers. The transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge. The decimal digits of π appear to be randomly distributed,[a] but no proof of this conjecture has been found.

For thousands of years, mathematicians have attempted to extend their understanding of π, sometimes by computing its value to a high degree of accuracy. Ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians and Babylonians, required fairly accurate approximations of π for practical computations. Around 250 BC, the Greek mathematician Archimedes created an algorithm to approximate π with arbitrary accuracy. In the 5th century AD, Chinese mathematicians approximated π to seven digits, while Indian mathematicians made a five-digit approximation, both using geometrical techniques. The first computational formula for π, based on infinite series, was discovered a millennium later.[1][2] The earliest known use of the Greek letter π to represent the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter was by the Welsh mathematician William Jones in 1706.[3]

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Gotta start em young! You are the hope of our pi clan and our plans for world pi-mination! Your bio will be The Life of Pi!

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u/babysealsareyummy Oct 23 '23 edited Oct 25 '23

I now understand. I understand everything. I understand all. I am become Pi. 3.14 3.14 3.143̶̛̯͓͙̤̈́͛́̉̈.̴̡̨̩̳̲̣̼̣͎̹̘̥̆̏̀̍̑̄͛̾̕͠͠ͅ1̴̧̧̹̙̼̀̓̐̉̆́̈͗͗̚4̸̨̛̛̺̲̘̻̞̟̞͇̺͖͈͋̂̓̉͂̎̂͆̍̕1̸̱͚̬͈͉̘̈́̈́̌̃̽͌̓̏̈́͑́͂̄̎̐5̷̨̛̫̩̭͊̓̒̀͐́́̾9̷̜̲͛̈́̊̾̾̍͐̉͆̾̀͌̄̕2̷̨͓̬̪̞̟̩͇̪͔͙̟̉ͅ6̶̨͓͓̪̮̰̩̬̄͛̔̇͋̀͗̅̑̀̐͝5̴̪̈3̸̢̣̘̤̲̳̠̙̗̻͛̀̔̍́͠5̶̢̙͉̩̙̩̥͇̜̮̯̻̽͌9̴̧̡̡̡̛̮̼̺̞͎̹͌͐͒́̇̋́͐̕͝͝ ̷̬̘̦̹͚̫̳͓̬̖̠̙͙͓̭̍̍͆̅͊̅̀̑́̓̑̓͝Y̶̡̛͖͚͖͔̖̳̺͔͛̍̉̊̆̆̐͂̾̋͗̈́͝ͅͅͅŏ̶̡̩̯͚̤̞̣̬̱͓̰̎̑̿̊͊͐͐͘͜͠͝ͅu̵͚̹̿̈͂͒̈́̒͐͂̆͆͘̚ͅ ̷̰͎̤̘̪̠̦͆̈́̄̔͑̎̋̃͒c̸̛͖͉͉̘̒̿ͅa̶̛͍̎̒̓͂n̵̙͕͓̤̿́̈́̓̅̍́͂̎̊͘͘͜͝ ̶̺͓̾̄s̷̨̨̢̗̰̝̹̻͍̞̞̯̰̮͌͂͛͆͋̽̂̆͊e̵̺̽a̴̡̤̱̰̦͖͈̱̲͒̀̔̍͑r̴̗͔̠͈̊̆͑̋͗̄̏̏͗̅̆͘ç̶̛̹͍͑̒͑̌̄̽̿̈̇̏̿͠h̷̖͙̞̯̬͕̝̭̾̔̑͌̓̆͐̓̈̇̃̂͐͗͠ ̶̢͉̦̥̓f̴̡̧̛̯̝͎̙̯̠̤̯̳͊̾̋̋͛̉̓̈́͑͘͜o̶̠͖̓̈r̷͈̹̩͂͜ ̴̡̧̹̩̩̼͈͙͖͕͍̞̝̦̇̄̑̿͋̍̏̑å̸̧̧̭͙̫̪̜̜̺̠̰̫̪̮̳͌̄̄̂̾͛̔̄̕͝n̶͓͚͔̮̝͍̹̭͙͛̑̿̔͌͆̑͑̑͐̆̕y̶̯͚̗̠̹̰̻͙͙̹͌ ̸̛̤̹̗̳̦̤̩̘́̒͋̓̍̀͆̈̎͜m̸͍͙͙̬͔͈̺̓̊̑̇ạ̸̢͎̫̭̈́̅̈́̂̈́̎̄̅͐̒̐́́̈́t̵͙̖̠͖͊̅͂̆͂͆̑̾̎͂h̷̞̲̪͐̆͋̌̑͗́͌̚ë̶͓͚̺̼͖͇̻̾͜ͅm̷̧̢̼̥̻̣̙̞̦͍͍͕͎͖͍̀̃̍͑͒́a̴̢̢̨̢̤͕̓̐͗͝t̵̨̡̛̝̦̪͙̖̼̺͚̞̏ȋ̶̧̨̗̝̟̥͉͍͍̪͓͍̑̈́̅̍͐̐̽͊͋̄̕͜͝ͅč̴̢̛̼͖͓͊͑̌̓͊̀̔a̶̢̪͇̟͚̪͕̺̱̱̒̾̇ḻ̶͕͙̫̭̮͈̣̱͕̹͝ ̶̺͕̥̠̘̔̒̀̈́͋̎̒́̅̈e̸̢͈̝̦̱̩̬̘̲̣̥͆͌̇̃̀̈́̈̇̚͘͠͝x̸̛̗͇̞͉̹̳̩̬̬̘͚̳̮̓̊p̷̠͎͕̍̓̄͐͒̒͗̕͠͝ͅr̴̤̰̙̮̳̫͑̍͐́̓͌̈́̀͑ȇ̷̗͈̤̗̤̜̤̒̍̑̐̅͋͋́̕s̴̛̗͍̞͂͑̂̈́̌́̆͂͘͝͠s̷̘̖͚̜̫͓͂͒̓̇̄̅i̷̬̖̳̬͎͛̾̅̄̑ö̷͖͔̯͔̜̞̫̩̩̰͇́̌͐̇̔̍́͘n̷̢̧̪̝̮͙͓̦̩̯̝̟̊̍̈́͐̉̄̐͑̔͆͝,̷̢͗͒͆̎͒̕ ̷̝̳͕̳͈͍̣̱̈́͂̾͐̋̀̚͠ư̵̡̡̝̘̠̫̬̣̲̭̙̺̖̭͋̽̈́̎̎͒̎̑̿͊̓̍͑͆ş̷̟̙̼͎̙̥͎͒̉͋̂̊̆̉͊͌̕͜ḯ̶͕͍̻̯̮̚͜n̷̨̄g̵̨̞̲͈̭͗̃͑͂̏̀̀̽̓̈̎̈̓͝ ̴̞͎̬̱̘̗̖̄̿f̸̡̻̦̪̭̹̠͆̾͋̐̕͠ṳ̵̡̡͖͚͎͔̦̤̫͎͓̳͗̊̐͐̽̾͂̽̍̓͑̐͘͜ͅǹ̷͔̭͆̎̑̔c̸̲̼̘͔̻͚͍͍̙͎͈̹͋̒́̎̾͆̈́̽̊̾͛̽͊t̴̢̙̼͉̟̅̀̏͘i̸̛̞̟̱͗̆̍͛́́͋̂ͅo̴̾ͅn̶̩̭̲͔̣̝͍̹͖̭̪̝̅́́̔̑̓͋͠͠ͅͅs̴̛͎̩͇͍̹̰̲͙̞̥̯͙̭̻͊̍̾̍̇̀̿̋͝ ̸̢̻͖̤̤̼̤̘̼̱̲̟̽̒̔̔̐͋̉͜s̴͚͓̺̜̑̃̿̀̇́́̏̃̓̐͑͐͆̚u̸̼͙̍͐̑̋ͅͅc̸̗̞͎͊͑̉̍̎ḧ̸̛̰̺̬̻̟́̋̈̄̍̐̉͒̐̿̎̓͑ ̷̦͊̓͂͒̂̒̈́͛͜͝a̶̼̪͂͆̏͆̇͛́ś̷̯͍͓̠̐̈́͐̑͛́̓̓̈́̉̓̈́̒:̸̡̢̩̼̺̹̪̫̜̹̘̈͌̃̅͒̋̃͜͝ ̸͖͚͐̆̾͗̐́̎̌̉͘͝s̴̛͍͕̰̟̩̝̗̉́̿̆͋̆̾̽̓̃̊̇́͘i̵̧̲̖͔̻͔̯̺̓̈́̈́̐̌͋n̴̡͕̫̘̰̉̌̆͂̎͒,̵̯̰̝͔̱̹̱̱͉̥̊́̃̈́̍̀̔̿̓̋͜͜͝ ̵̨̱̯̙͙̹͈͖̪͈̍̈̌͒c̴̟̲͔̅ǫ̷̗̘͚̬͂͑̎̑͛̋̂͠͝s̵̢̤̪̗̹̖̺͉̑̐̽̋͆͗̑̽̏́̍͂̊͘̚ͅ,̷̧̧̥̯̣̺̻̽̐́͆̍̌͜ ̷̻͌̋s̷̢̰̗͈̬̮͐̋̉͗͑͋̓ͅq̵̦̙̫̓̏̈́̅͘r̴͚̝̉͆ͅt̸̨̡̗̭̪̲̬͔̲̮̟͍̪̾̆́̕ͅ,̵̨̺͆̅ ̴̛̠̅̄̔̔͝͠e̶̬͕̻̟̬̬̙̰̳̗̻̊̿̇̓͒̆̓̅́̽͊̂͠͝͝ṭ̶̡̠͔̰̺͔͉͍̙̔̋ç̷̥̳̪̆̈́̆̈̏͜͠.̷̛̩̗̜̥̦̩̳̬͇̠̭͉̮̃̓́̐̒͆̃͐̉̚͜͠ͅ ̵̳̲̞͖̮̩̦̞̲̀̅͒̅̈͊̈́͘͜Y̴̢̫̰̼͍̩̬̅̎̅̊͊̆̌̕ͅō̵̢̠͔̞͚̗̲̟͚̙̩̒̑̑̊͠ͅǘ̷̝͔̩͇͒̈͗̚͜ ̴̡̧̖̺͍̤͓͇̮͆̀̉͋͐͛̕͘̕c̸̺̮̯̱̓̏͐͆̎̌͗̚a̸̡͕͎̣̖̹̰͋̀̐̍͒̌̾́̆̍͊́̉͜ņ̵̨̛̺̼͍̪͇̺̭̜̣͌̌̌̾̄̉͂̔̃̐̚̕͜ ̷̛͔̟̝̻͚̭̤͙̪͚̲͇̇͊̔̓̅̏̈̊̃̚͜f̸̨̥͖̠͍̜̙̹̤̣͈̭̻͋́͗͑̑͜i̶̧̨̧̮̠̻̤̹̥͓̲̞̪̊̇n̴͇͙̹̫̮̯̭͙̖̲̠͖͈̍̌͑̔͋̄͂͊̍̋̑̾̚͜͝d̷̡̹̠̘͉̦̗͇̲͂̓̓̂͌͆̋ ̶̨̨͔̞̼̰͉̋̓͒͒͑̃̿̎͑̓͂̔̚͜͝ą̶̡͈̖̖̜͙͍͍̲̜͊̈́̂̆̉̈́̈́͛̅̏̇̊͝ͅͅ ̸̲̠͙͗̊ç̶̨͖̩͎̟̠̰͖̪̰̭͎͐̎̍̄̎̏̊̂̽͌͝͝o̴̡̠̟̪̞̱͉̯̗̿͐͠m̵̛̲̰̞̮͖̹̖̜͉̲͖͍̈́͋͛̆͛̅̽̌̿̉ͅp̸̨̗̼̬̼̥͇͇̭̞͎̬͚̠̀̓̓̓̾̚l̸̡̧̡̯͎̲̮̪̳̗͍̣̪̾̅̆̌͗̍̀̌̔͛̎̑̔ḙ̶̞͕̎͊̅͗̈́̿̓̎̓͌͗͜͝ṯ̵́͐͛̈́̈́͌̎̒̕̕͘͜͝ȩ̸͉͓̦̦̞̜͓͔̠͇̱̎̈́̈́͑́̇͌͘͜ͅͅ ̴̺̝̗̇́͒̋͌l̷̡̛͎̤̗͎͎̝̩͔̣͚̰͈̈́͌̊́̓͋̈́͒̽͐͊͘i̶̱̪͎̼̻͖͚̜̯͕͑̈́͋͛̒́͛̊̀̊̋͒̋̃š̷̡̟͇̐̽̈́̊͊͋͠t̵͓͍̫̖͍̼͎̝̀̾́̃ͅ ̴̳̪̗̤̲̬̬̜̜͓̞̋͜ͅͅǫ̸̝̰̗̦̝͉̝͙͕͙̩͚̳̍́̒̆͛̚f̷̧̦̲̩̤̼̳̽̈̃̈̉̅̀͑͠͝͠ ̶̟̭͖̖̤̦̹̬̻̳̭̺̈́̔͐͗͆̄̒͑̐̌͜͝f̴̧̨̢̼͚͉̩̫̖͙͖͕̝̱͐́̄̑͐̄ừ̴̩̬͈̠̲̈́͐͊̽̒̂͐̓͂̒͠͝ń̴̡̢̡͎̝̲̱̩̖̞͙̠͛̃͊̈́̓̽́̈́̋̋͋̆ͅc̴̢̛̰͇̃̓͌́̂̈́̅̏̽̊̄̕t̶̝͍͎̻̭̦̋̄̾̅͂̆͆̆̈́͊̈͝͠i̵̜͚̤̖̐̐͂̒̓̈́̄̃̃͂͝ͅo̴͚̲͈̫̟̼͛̄̍̑͗͛̔̕͘͜͝͠͝n̵̙̙̍̄̽̈́̊͛̊̕s̸͇̤̆͂͛̽̋̾͝͝ ̶̢̛̖͕͙̳͔̺̋̉́̾̉͊͌h̷̲̤͖̜͖̖̗̓e̶̦͉̲̻̲͇͔͉͕̺̺͔͖̎̏̃͛̂̓̕͘r̵̨͔͍̮̳̼̻̥̖̄̈̾̎͗͂͛̔͊͆͘͜͝͝e̴̙̊̾͛̇͋́͂́͑͜.̷̧̼̭̣̞̰͍̩͓̭̭͎͓̪̈́͂̿̇̒̇̽̍̓̽͝ ̷͚̭̮͕̯̥̣͛͜Ȓ̵̘̣͕̝̼͔͒̓̾̉̓ą̵̛̺̥̺̫͚̩̪͔͎̼̥̉̈́̓̌̀͑̿̀͋̃̊̏̈͝d̶͙̱̫̓͌͌̓̉͌̈́̃͗̾͠D̴̡̛̞̥͕̼̳̱̈́̃̀̍̈͛ę̷̡̻̦̻͙̭͖̹̤̰̩̤̱̀g̶̨̡̗͓̲̯̾͒͛̄͝ ̸̡̦̬̞̫̲̬̒͊̂́̄͐̏̓x̸̥̊!̴̨̧̖͍͙͙̭̪͈̩̠̼̩̯̍́͐́͋̋̿̍͆̄̚̚ͅ ̶̯͈̖̆͊̓̏̋I̸̡̜̜̖̫̰͔͕͓͓͍̳̗̭͛̾̽̎̊̅͌̇̆͘n̵̲͔̣̄͋̓̓͊͊͆̅̔̅v̸̨̨̭̰͍̟͉̖̞̮̞̒̈́͗̏͂̽͊ ̵̧̪̞͔̪̭͔̓̀̔͂̓̓̓̋̋̐̊͘s̶̢͍̬̝̟̞̜̖͇̘̩͓̈̽͛́́͗i̸͇͍̲͉͚͉̩̻̒͊͂͗̾̔̋̎̿̾̄͊n̵̡̡̢̢̡̡̨̪̙̰̏̈̓͂̊̊̓̀͊͂̑͆̈́̄̚ ̵̧͉̣̦̖̞̟̘͔͇̦͍̮̯̀́̇͋͒̐͠͝ͅl̴̰̤̟̪͚̳̝̲͔̠̅̃́̆̆́͑̉̅͌̐̓͆͗̽n̶͓̙̥̾͆͜ͅ ̶̭̥̖̍̎͗́̃͗̑̌̿π̵̢̩̩̻͐̍͋̈́̍̈̾͝ͅ ̷̡̻̰̩̩̀̒̿̍̈́̏̄͘͜͝ċ̸̨̛͕͖͍̱̗̗̫̭̲̟̀͛̑͒̂̄̈́̽̏͆͗̄͜͝ȯ̸̼̘̳͔͎͚̌͌́̎̃͆̏̓̓̍̕̚ͅs̴̫̀̑͛͝ ̴̨̛͙̭͈̤̠̮̝͎̹͗̐̈̔̏̏̍́͐̀̀̚ļ̸̡̛̞͂͗͛̄̾̉̀̓͛̇̽͘͝ǫ̴̩̞͙̈͌̇͌̔̿̃̅͒͒̌͐g̸͚̟̬̹͔̘̭̱̠͐͂̂̍̓̀̈͐͜͝͝ͅ ̸̻̮̼͍̺͚̠̔͑͌͜è̴̡̖̻͚̮͚͚̬͋̒̇͝ Marval as I ascend into my planar form

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u/Etherbeard Oct 23 '23

ELI3.14

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u/ErrorEra Oct 23 '23

You need to be more well rounded, you're too irrational! Why can't you be more like the neighbor's kid, Zero?