I was thinking along the lines of phi*10^6 ~ 161,803,399, but that would require solving a quadratic equation, which we now know is beyond the capabilities of U.S. news reporters. I thought that Indiana wanted to use the biblical value of 22/7, which value was apparently quite widespread in the ancient world (Greece, Egypt, Babylon, India, China?). I wonder if Noah bothered to estimate how many rabbits would be _leaving_ the ark at the end of its voyage. He might have preceded Fibonacci by more than one thousand years. (Parts of the Old Testament sound like Fibonacci's rabbits, with all that "begetting" going on.) At 08:07 PM 8/14/2012, Simon Plouffe wrote:
Yes, ???
but according to Indiana, it happened already somewhere in 2006, American population = Pi * 100 millions, Pi = 3.
and F(24) = 267914296, in 1995-1996, not precise.
Bonne journée,
Simon Plouffe
Le 15/08/2012 00:44, Henry Baker a écrit :
FYI -- ok, Fibonacci lovers, on what date did the US population hit phi ?
http://www.boston.com/news/source/2012/08/us_population_h.html
US population hits pi
Posted by Angela Nelson, Boston.com Staff August 14, 2012 03:05 PM
The US population clock hit a mathematically significant milestone on Tuesday - pi.
The US Census Bureau estimated that the clock struck 314,159,265 residents just after 2:29 p.m. That figure is pi (3.14159265) times 100 million.
Pi is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circleÂs circumference to its diameter.
The US Census Bureau's top demographer celebrated with a pun.
ÂThis is a once in many generations event...so go out and celebrate this American pi, Howard Hogan said in a written statement.