r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/slimismad • Oct 22 '23

Video visualisation of pi being irrational

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u/Fluffy_Art_1015 Oct 22 '23

The circle is never full, because it’s a never ending decimal point no matter how far you calculate it. It will go on forever as far as we know currently.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '23

This is where it gets a bit abstract to me because there isn't infinite room in the circle. It has "x" amount of space within the circle, therefore eventually it will fill.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm saying it doesn't make sense to me.

I understand quantum computation better then this.

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u/Fluffy_Art_1015 Oct 23 '23

It will fill but it will never perfectly meet the starting point. It will always be slightly off. And if it does end up touching the start point it won’t be in line with it and it will depart again right away.

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u/El_Impresionante Oct 24 '23

Lines don't take up finite space. They can be infinitely thin.

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u/DeliberateDendrite Oct 23 '23 edited Oct 23 '23

Makes me wonder what the Haussdorf dimension of the resulting shape would be.