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| From | android <here@there.was> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital, alt.photography, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.comm |
| Subject | Re: OT: Happy Pi Day! |
| Date | 2017-03-14 19:00 +0100 |
| Organization | the center |
| Message-ID | <here-772901.19003914032017@news.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <here-4650BB.17192214032017@news.individual.net> <cUUxA.242567$i7.34499@fx30.fr7> <oa9918$grh$2@dont-email.me> |
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In article <oa9918$grh$2@dont-email.me>, Neil <neil@myplaceofwork.com> wrote: > On 3/14/2017 12:29 PM, David B. wrote: > > > > Song from π! > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-x3pUcdeo > > > > Enjoy! :-) > > > Almost cute, but I had to leave when he claimed that the Pi symbol was > introduced in the 1700s by some European. It put the rest of his piece > in perspective for me. According to the major wiki it has been used by since the ancient Egyptians with the approximation 22/7 and it's still an approximation but much more narrow. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#Antiquity> The Greek letter Pi was introduced as a symbol for it by some Welch, not Raquel in 1709: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#Adoption_of_the_symbol_.CF.80> -- teleportation kills
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OT: Happy Pi Day! android <here@there.was> - 2017-03-14 17:19 +0100
Re: OT: Happy Pi Day! rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-14 12:22 -0400
Re: OT: Happy Pi Day! "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-03-14 16:29 +0000
Re: OT: Happy Pi Day! Neil <neil@myplaceofwork.com> - 2017-03-14 13:27 -0400
Re: OT: Happy Pi Day! android <here@there.was> - 2017-03-14 19:00 +0100
Re: OT: Happy Pi Day! "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-03-15 11:31 +0000
Re: OT: Happy Pi Day! Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2017-03-15 14:29 -0500
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