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Re: Question related with pi number
« Reply #60 on: 21/02/2021 23:19:17 »
Quote from: charles1948 on 21/02/2021 22:53:43
Doesn't the fact that Pi is not a clear-cut whole number, mean that the Universe is not 3-dimensional?
Not at all.
3 dimensional means defined by 3 dimensions (each having its own number). It has nothing to do with a single number that just happens to be close to 3.
You are confusing things which are not the same.
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Re: Question related with pi number
« Reply #61 on: 22/02/2021 08:53:48 »
Quote from: charles1948 on 21/02/2021 22:53:43
Do you think there's something disturbingly wrong about Pi not being a whole number?

I mean, why isn't it a simple whole number, like 3.  If it was, that would make sense in a 3-dimensional Universe.

In such a Universe, the 3 dimensions - length, breadth, height  ( or equivalent terms for these properties )
would surely be capable of clear-cut representation by the numbers: 1, 2, 3.  There wouldn't be any "fuzziness"

Doesn't the fact that Pi is not a clear-cut whole number, mean that the Universe is not 3-dimensional?


If you calculate the ratio of the edge of a square to the diagonal you  will find it is also irrational. It's the square root of two, about 1.414......

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