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suck it, math nerds (mander.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Plus even that isn't enough: 10/3 has an infinite decimal expansion (in base 10 at least) too, but if π = 10/3, you'd be able to find exact circumferences. Its irrationality is what makes it relevant to this joke.

A mathematician is also perfectly happy with answers like "4π" as exact.

Plus what's to stop you from having a rational circumference but irrational radius?

Writing this, I feel like I might have accidentally proved your point.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Mathematicians taking a physics class and being told they have to round things. That’s when the tears start flowing.