The following message gives an alternative value for Pi, 3.1464466. Does any one know what this constant is? Google didn't recognize it. NJAS
From: "Jain ( Mathemagics )" <jain@jainmathemagics.com> Subject: JAIN, of Australia, World Tour 2005. South East Queensland, Australia Tour in Feburary. Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:48:17 +1100
Dear Friends,
Due to the popularity of my American Tour last year in 2004, I have been invited again to teach in many destinations. I am sending you this email for several reasons:
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Day 1 Feb 5, Sat VEDIC MATHEMATICS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM:
How to complete complex mathematics... in your head! Without a calculator. Rapid Mental Calculation. Increases Confidence and Memory Skills. ...
Day 5 PI: (Date To Be Announced). (Optional)
The Western value of Pi 3.1415926 is wrong and disharmonic! Discover the True and Exact Value of Indian Pi ( A ) which is 3.1464466.
Highly controversial issue that will rewrite all the books.
Experience 'Jain Magic' "Sacred Geometry", with a spectacular 2-hour INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION on all the above topics! ...
From: "Simon Plouffe" <simon.plouffe@sympatico.ca>
1/4*2^(1/2)-7/2
With the opposite sign... By the way, it can be done in Maple,
identify(3.1464466);
1/2 2 7/2 - ---- 4 Alec Mihailovs http://math.tntech.edu/alec/
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, N. J. A. Sloane wrote:
The following message gives an alternative value for Pi, 3.1464466. Does any one know what this constant is? Google didn't recognize it.
It may be worth noting that Maple has a built-in procedure, "identify", that sometimes successfully finds a closed form for the decimal approximation of a number. In this case, it gives the same value given by Simon Plouffe:
identify(3.1464466); 1/2 2 7/2 - ---- 4
participants (4)
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Alec Mihailovs -
Edwin Clark -
N. J. A. Sloane -
Simon Plouffe