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Maybe this is why pi was chosen for half of the circumference of a circle.

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you don't squint, it looks like a table. Maybe whoever chose it hadn't had lunch yet.

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

[insert pie joke here]

[–] lvl7susceptible@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I gotta squint pretty hard lol

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What is this Cunningham's law?

Pi is not half the circumference. It's how many times the diameter fits into the circumference.

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It is half of the circumference, multiplied by the radius, of course.

like in this image I found online

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's not half the circumference then is it???

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 years ago

Now you're just being silly.

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I can level up with more sources (stanford, wiki).

The circumference is 2pi x radius, which obviously means half the circumference is pi x radius.

Edit: formatting. Asterisk results in italics

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