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101. Ancient Chinese Technology - A Refined Value Of Pi
     A Refined Value of Pi. The irrational number pi can be computed to an infinite number of decimal places. It expresses the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter  
     http://library.thinkquest.org/23062/pi.html
     
     Extractions: A Refined Value of Pi The irrational number pi can be computed to an infinite number of decimal places. It expresses the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, a relationship which cannot be framed in terms of whole numbers. (Pi is needed to compute the area of a circle or volume of a sphere.) The value of pi was computed by Archimedes to three decimal places, and by Ptolemy to four decimal places. But after that, for 1450 years, no greater accuracy was achieved in the Western world. The Chinese, however, made great strides forward in computing pi. One way in which the ancient mathematicians tried to approach an accurate value for pi was to inscribe polygons with more and more sides to them inside circles, so that the areas of the polygons(which could be computed) would more and more closely approach the area of the circle. Thus, they could try to find a value for pi, since the circle's area was found by using the formula containing it. (They could measure the diameter, and squeeze a polygon whose area they knew into the circle; the only unknown number would be pi, which could then be calculated.) Archimedes used a 96-sided polygon, and decided that pi had a value between 3.142 and 3.140. The Chinese tried to sneak up on pi in the same fashion, but they were better at it. Liu Hui in the third century

102. Are The Digits Of Pi Random? Berkeley Lab Researcher May Hold Key
     An article by Paul Preuss about new research outcome at the Berkeley Lab.  
     http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/pi-random.html

103. Biblical Value Of Pi | Learn The Bible
     Did Solomon know the value of pi when he gave the instructions for the molten sea?  
     http://www.learnthebible.org/biblical-value-of-pi.html
     
     Extractions: Learn The Bible Home Solomon and the Molten Sea Consequently, while this appears to be a straightforward error, a careful examination of the Biblical wording along with some common sense confirms that the Word of God is, in fact, infallible. Nafziger, Eric J. Type Topic Typology Interest Doctrine Stay informed on our latest news! Email: Subscribe Unsubscribe Rate This Average: Average: vote) Your rating: Select rating Poor Okay Good Great Awesome Your rating: None Similar Items Similar Bible References Feedback If you experience a bug or would like to see an addition on the current page, feel free to leave us a message.

104. Search For Your Name In The Digits Of Pi
     An Online-Form that searches for a given name or word in the Digits of Pi.  
     http://www.angelfire.com/mt/ofolives/pisearch.html
     
     Extractions: These pages have moved to http://www.dr-mikes-maths.com/ document.write("You should be redirected shortly."); See: What I live for - What I laugh at - What I like - What I look like - Who I love Contact me News Flash! Now searching 31,415,929 digits!! Tell your friends! Enter your name here: Your chances: 3 or fewer letters: about 100% 7 or more letters: about 0% I converted pi to base 27 (if you don't know what that means, read the section What does base 27 mean below). I took the digits to represent letters, according to 1=A, 2=B, and so on. The digit is punctuation. In this way, the expansion of pi looks like a long string of letters (with occasional punctuation), namely pi = C.CVEZ... = C + C where A=1, B=2, C=3,..., Z=26. I started with over 1,000,000 digits in base 27. This represents the same accuracy as 1,500,000 decimal digits. If that sounds like a lot, it still only gave an 82% chance of finding a given 4 letter name! If your name has 5 letters, the chances were only about 7.2%! Now I have over 30 million digits in base 27, so a five letter name has an almost 90% chance of being found! Perhaps I'll push it up even further soon.

105. The 100-Club
     Club for people who can memorize 100 or more digits of Pi.  
     http://www.acc.umu.se/~olletg/pi/club_100.html

106. The Debate Over The Value Of Pi
     (Note This piece is obviously fictional, but it is perhaps loosely based on a real attempt by the Indiana State Legislature to set the value of Pi by law in 1897.  
     http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/bible/pi.shtml
     
     Extractions: Enter your search terms Web 2think.org Submit search form The Debate over the value of Pi (Note: This piece is obviously fictional, but it is perhaps loosely based on a real attempt by the Indiana State Legislature to set the value of Pi by law in 1897. The text of the bill can be found here HUNTSVILLE, Ala. NASA engineers and mathematicians in this high-tech city are stunned and infuriated after the Alabama state legistature narrowly passed a law yesterday redefining pi, a mathematical constant used in the aerospace industry. The bill to change the value of pi to exactly three was introduced without fanfare by Leonard Lee Lawson (R, Crossville), and rapidly gained support after a letter-writing campaign by members of the Solomon Society, a traditional values group. Governor Guy Hunt says he will sign it into law on Wednesday. The law took the state's engineering community by surprise. "It would have been nice if they had consulted with someone who actually uses pi," said Marshall Bergman, a manager at the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. According to Bergman, pi is a Greek letter that signifies the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. It is often used by engineers to calculate missile trajectories. Prof. Kim Johanson, a mathematician from University of Alabama, said that pi is a universal constant, and cannot arbitrarily be changed by lawmakers. Johanson explained that pi is an irrational number, which means that it has an infinite number of digits after the decimal point and can never be known exactly. Nevertheless, she said, pi is precisly defined by mathematics to be "3.14159, plus as many more digits as you have time to calculate".

107. Beauty
     A sort of poem with the digits of Pi, spelled out with the words in many different languages.  
     http://eveandersson.com/pi/poetry/beauty

108. Buffon's Problem ... Calculating The Value Of PI Using Toothpicks
     Calculating the value of PI using toothpicks, to illustrate Count Buffon's problem. A problem for Math 31 or Junior High students  
     http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/buffon/buffon.html
     
     Extractions: At first glance, this problem seems difficult to solve. We will attempt to work out that probability, and show how you can find the value of PI by recording how many toothpicks actually intersect a line! Junior High classes might want to visit our 'Calculating Pi' page, where we outline how you can work out the value of Pi yourself using toothpicks, and send us your data. See results we've obtained from contributions by classrooms all around the world. Or try out our Buffon Applet , which will let you run the experiment online and get some immediate results!

109. 3.1415926535 - History And Philosophy Of Pi
     Probably no symbol of infinity in mathematics has evoked as much mystery, romanticism, misconception and human interest as the number and Greek letter of Pi. Interesting facts and trivia about Pi.  
     http://briantaylor.com/Pi.htm
     
     Extractions: romanticism, misconception and human interest as the number Pi ( Socrates Plato Aristotle Pi 3.14 ... Problems Pi (noun) ... plural = pis. Mathematics. A transcendental number, approximately 3.14159, represented by the symbol , that expresses the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle and appears as a constant in many mathematical expressions. The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet. : BEYOND INFINITY Deep in the nature of man is the will to go further than any human has ever been before. This quest is symbolized by the Greek letter , which evokes infinity. Humans are still in pursuit of the end of its innumerable string of decimals... No number (3.14...) has captured the attention and imagination of number fanatics and nerds throughout the ages as much as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter - a.k.a. Pi. With incisive historical insight and a refreshing sense of humor, this page brings us the story of Pi and humankind's fascination with it, from Archimedes to da Vinci to the modern day Chudnovsky brothers, who holed up in their Manhattan apartment with a homemade supercomputer churning out digits of pi into the billions.

110. "The Bible Says Pi = 3"
     Shows how a simple reading of the plain English shows that the 'Jewish' value of 'pi' is about 3.14.  
     http://www.purplemath.com/modules/bibleval.htm
     
     Extractions: powered by FreeFind Return to the Lessons Index Do the Lessons in Order Get "Purplemath on CD" for offline use ... Print-friendly page The "Jewish" or "Bible" Value of "pi" Do the Nevi'im and the Ketuvim (sections of Jewish scripture, comprising parts of the Christian "Old Testament") really say that the value of pi is three? Not actually but, due to the social pressures to look down on all things Judeo-Christian and the perverse joy certain people get out of tormenting others, I keep receiving queries on this issue. Before we do the calculations to put this old chestnut to rest, let's lay a little groundwork. The Quote There is a similar description in Second Chronicles 4, verses 2 through 5.

111. Pi Land
     Fun activities, a Pi trivia game and a Trainer for digit memorization. Pi poetry, artwork, and photography, calculations, digits and book reviews.  
     http://www.eveandersson.com/pi/
     
     Extractions: Fun Activities: Aesthetics: Nerd Stuff: Eve Andersson (eve@eveandersson.com) Just to say it's wonderful to find the Pi Page still going - as a young(ish) graduate in the early 1990s, the site probably did more than anything else to convince me that Mosaic (ask your grandparents) was useful for something other than downloading porn and spreading maliciously doctored photos worldwide. If there's ever an Internet Lifetime Achievement Award, I'll happily nominate Eve... And another thing - how come nowhere on this page can I find my favourite property of pi, our old friend e^(i*pi)-1? And another thing (part 2) - I just want to point out that I got 13/25 on the Pi Test - and am a qualified mathematician (who admittedly graduated 13 years ago but even so!) And (one last) thing - if the page needs a pompous slogan it should really be "One measures a circle beginning anywhere" (motto of the Fortean Society and all its spin-offs) - it may be meaningless but it sounds very impressive. Which in itself kinda sums up most mathematics.

112. Mathpi
     Parody of the song Bye Bye Miss American Pie elaborating on the history of pi.  
     http://www.vvc.edu/ph/TonerS/mathpi.html

113. Hidden Codes In The Bible: The Value Of Pi
     Personal Update, April 1998. Hidden Codes in the Bible The Value of Pi. by Chuck Missler. Koinonia House Ministries  
     http://www.ldolphin.org/pi/index.html
     
     Extractions: Personal Update, April 1998 Hidden Codes in the Bible: by Chuck Missler Koinonia House Ministries When I was a teenager, I was confronted by a skeptic (a Unitarian, actually) concerning an apparent discrepancy in 1 Kings 7:23. This passage deals with Solomon's Temple and the products of Hiram the Bronzeworker: And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. (1 Kings 7:23) The huge cast bronze basin in 1 Kings 7:23 was 10 cubits (note 1) in diameter and its circumference was 30 cubits, which is mathematically inaccurate. Almost any schoolboy knows that the circumference of a circle is not the diameter times 3, but rather, the diameter times a well-known constant called ("Pi"). The real value of 7r is 3.14159265358979, but is commonly approximated by 22/7. This is assumed, by many, to be an "error" in the Old Testament record, and is often presented as a skeptical rebuttal to the "inerrancy" of the Scripture. How can we say that the Bible is inerrant when it contains such an obvious geometrically incorrect statement? How do we deal with this?

114. Pi-Dye Pi And Math T-Shirts And Gifts
     Pi and math gifts, t-shirts, clocks, and mugs. Includes some pi news.  
     http://www.pidye.com/thestorezone/index.php

115. J. Mike Rollins: Pi
     Poetry respective to the digits of Pi. A message board is provided for users to create their own pi-phrases. Furthermore an introduction to Piaku is given.  
     http://www.wfu.edu/~rollins/pi.html
     
     Extractions: Mike Rollins: "The I that a world neglected to notice knows how peace resolves adversity" Ron Smith: "Wow, a file I found downloads, is zipped tight, and still launches WindowsXP" Mark Sonntag: "For a dime I speak violently or wander about the green pastures elegantly washing catatonic fur" Make your own Piaphrase: Enter the Piaphrase message board Piaku: Poetry in which the number of syllables in each sentence correspond to the consecutive digits of Pi. The Storm: by Mike Rollins Flash, Rumble Rain Awesome thunder Wind The wind will plunder As did the pirates from on yonder Raid, fall Damn! My ship is sinking The water stinging Quivering The storm moves onward I'm tired, I'm cold, I sink, I die.

116. Computation Of Pi
     Over a hundred references to the computation of pi.  
     http://math.fullerton.edu/mathews/n2003/picomputation/PiComputationBib/Links/PiC

117. Adamič Jože S.p. PEKARNA - KEKSARNA
     Vrhni ki doma i pi koti, breskvice, ajni pi koti, smetanove plo ice, koruzni pi koti, diabeti ni pi koti - Diana ter okoladni pi koti.  
     http://www.pekarnaadamic-sp.si

118. Pi World Ranking List
     Every sport has its championship. Every sport has its world ranking list. For many who like to memorize numbers, PI is the ultimate number, and it makes sense to create a list for people to get in touch and learn where they stand in the world of memorizers.  
     http://www.pi-world-ranking-list.com/

119. JVSchmidt And HAEL YXXS: M A G I C P I W O R L D
     Provides generated pictures and personal signs out of digits of Pi. Also a Picture Gallery, PiSign, PiPhonie.  
     http://www.piworld.de/piworld/mpw_home.htm

120. Ancient Pi Knowers Of The Universe
     The concept of pi refers to the constant ratio of the diametercircumference of any circle; irrespective of the number of degrees contained within that circle. An article in the Science in Ancient Artwork -Series by Charles William Johnson.  
     http://www.earthmatrix.com/ancient/pi.htm

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