Pi (nonfiction): Difference between revisions

From Gnomon Chronicles
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 4: Line 4:


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] publishes proof that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] publishes proof that π (pi) is a [[Transcendental number (nonfiction)|transcendental number]].
</gallery>
</gallery>


Line 19: Line 19:
* [[Mathematical constant (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematical constant (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Transcendental number (nonfiction)]]


External links:
External links:

Revision as of 17:20, 22 November 2017

The circumference of a circle is slightly more than three times as long as its diameter. The exact ratio is called π.

The number pi is a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, commonly approximated as 3.14159.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links:

  • Pi @ Wikipedia