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minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoEek, that makes my skin crawl. Taking what you said literally would imply that π² = π.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’m pretty sure a base-Pi counting system would mean that Pi is π, not 1. You’d count π, 2π, 3π, 4π, and so on. It doesn’t change reality, just the way you count and represent numbers. I might be off, but it’s definitely not π = 1.
Eek, that makes my skin crawl. Taking what you said literally would imply that π² = π.
pi equals 10
Engineers be like:
I’m pretty sure a base-Pi counting system would mean that Pi is π, not 1.
You’d count π, 2π, 3π, 4π, and so on. It doesn’t change reality, just the way you count and represent numbers.
I might be off, but it’s definitely not π = 1.