How Pi was nearly changed to 3.2 - Numberphile

I had a dream once that they discovered that Pi is actually rational.

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This sounds like something that could happen today.

Sporking the squirkel

😂 that makes me so sad…. This poor guy. He is also just a human.

Nice to know US politicians have always been idiots.

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If you think about it carefully, Goodwin pulled a Ponzi on Pi.

Sounds like NATO Artillery mils. Except that is a useful construction for an area fire weapon.

Sunil❤

I bet John Green is disturbed

In my Classroom: Pi=3,14
40 Years ago.

Its oddly satisfying as an American listing to a British man expelling how bills are passed in the House and the Senate

L=-e^(pi(i))
done

C=6.282...
R=1
root(tau)=hypotenuse of right triangle L=pi H=pi

Please solve the Rubik's cube before filming another video.

Bonkers! I'd never heard of this. Can you imagine 😳🫣

He didn't even round it properly

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Well, if you’re allowed to use absolutely any tools and methods; then, of course, you can square the circle; because you can have absolutely any shape have absolutely any positive real area. But, if you’re, for example, restricted to only using integers; then you can’t; because Pi is irrational.

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It appears the only square was the guy SuperVinlin

Engineers meanwhile: We’ll just call pi 3 for this.....

Never thought Rick Aestley had such math skills

Wait, what are the rules here?? Can’t a square just have a side of root pi? If you’d any use pi then I guess it’s obvious you can’t make an area than necessarily has pi as one of its factors

In their defense, the state of Indiana kinda looks like Pi.

A circle is a point, and a square needs about 4 of them.... Reduce/Enhance the whole? (There's a joke here, some where 🤔)

Ok, but why didn't you tell us what the jokes and puns were?

Takes 1 Indian man to save 1 state of Indiana 😂

Today, Congress again needs some coaching. This time about Trump-dumbness.

basically what the number Pi means is that the truth of squaring the circle cannot happen. We can get close but not 100% with a whole number describing the square circle argument. Therefore all problems solved with Pi are close approximations?

3.2 shall henceforth be known as "American Pi"

Almost threw me outta wack!

What a lunatic

Oh no, that's wild, Edwin is tripping

Hearing name of ramanujan Indian's feeled proud

I bet you it will happen today because people are too sensitive and are probably offended by irrational numbers

If you're going to redefine pi, just make it 3, or even 1.

Terry Pratchett wrote a whole novel about the dangers of redefining Pi. Going Postal

It should just be 3

I’m glad I go to Purdue or else I’d be paying a whole lot more in math classes!

Thank GOODNESS they never changed it to 3.2
Everybody KNOWS that it's actually 22/7

This is where i end up when I’m supposed to be doing math homework 💀

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Silly edwin, every engineer knows pi is 3

This seems weirdly like nfts

The video has 3.2 million views rn

Oh dang, now that is embarrassing. If he was humble about it it would've been better for him

hmm. the current view count is 3.2 million.

The fact that the video is on 3.2 mil views (for now) is poetic