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How many digits of pi do you know? (after decimal)

#1

i know counts on fingers 17 digits?!?!
dang, good for me i guess

NO GOOGLING

i know *counts on fingers* 17 digits?!?! dang, good for me i guess NO GOOGLING
#2
  1. 3.1415. And the 5 is rounded to 6.
    Unless you are the tiny subset of people who actually need to know more, knowing more is as useful as the knight + bishop mate. Totally useless garbage, not even good enough to brag about it.
4. 3.1415. And the 5 is rounded to 6. Unless you are the tiny subset of people who actually need to know more, knowing more is as useful as the knight + bishop mate. Totally useless garbage, not even good enough to brag about it.
#3

I usually only use 5 digits at the most to handle my PI ........................E

I usually only use 5 digits at the most to handle my PI ........................E
#4

I just round it to 3
No decimal required!

I just round it to 3 No decimal required!
#5

I always remember 3.1415926...
Interestingly if you do ask google simply "what is pi?" it will limit the response to "the calculator display" number 3.14159265359 which has rounded up the value of the twelfth digit from 8 to 9.

I always remember 3.1415926... Interestingly if you do ask google simply "what is pi?" it will limit the response to "the calculator display" number 3.14159265359 which has rounded up the value of the twelfth digit from 8 to 9.
#6

I begin to suspect there's at least one person here from Indiana!

I begin to suspect there's at least one person here from Indiana!
#7

Here are two bizarre facts on pi for you guys :)

  1. There used to be a glitch on ChatGPT where if you prompted it to tell you the last eight digits of pi, it would reply 14159265 and if you asked it to name the last five digits, it would reply 79323!

  2. Before Newton, the value of pi used to be calculated in an obsolete method by inscribing a many-sided regular polygon and then calculating its perimeter. Then Newton came along, invented calculus and discovered the binomial expansion for fractional powers. He then integrated a part of the curve x^2 + y^2 = 1 and found a series which gave the value of pi to a high accuracy after just a few terms compared to that previous methods of inscribing.

A fantastic video made by Veritasium elaborating it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMlf1ELvRzc&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD
To illustrate the genius of Newton, lemme quote the top comment:

"Imagine having a career so illustrious that discovering a groundbreaking way to accurrately find pi is just one of your side achievements"

Here are two bizarre facts on pi for you guys :) 1) There used to be a glitch on ChatGPT where if you prompted it to tell you the last eight digits of pi, it would reply 14159265 and if you asked it to name the last five digits, it would reply 79323! 2) Before Newton, the value of pi used to be calculated in an obsolete method by inscribing a many-sided regular polygon and then calculating its perimeter. Then Newton came along, invented calculus and discovered the binomial expansion for fractional powers. He then integrated a part of the curve x^2 + y^2 = 1 and found a series which gave the value of pi to a high accuracy after just a few terms compared to that previous methods of inscribing. A fantastic video made by Veritasium elaborating it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMlf1ELvRzc&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD To illustrate the genius of Newton, lemme quote the top comment: > "Imagine having a career so illustrious that discovering a groundbreaking way to accurrately find pi is just one of your side achievements"
#8

@arjunsawant said in #1:

i know counts on fingers 17 digits?!?!
dang, good for me i guess

NO GOOGLING
3.145, maybe a 6, maybe a 9 somewhere, so 3 really.

e: 2 then it seems

@arjunsawant said in #1: > i know *counts on fingers* 17 digits?!?! > dang, good for me i guess > > NO GOOGLING 3.145, maybe a 6, maybe a 9 somewhere, so 3 really. e: 2 then it seems
#9

@arjunsawant said in #1:

i know counts on fingers 17 digits?!?!
dang, good for me i guess

NO GOOGLING

I'm not kidding, but
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841693993

Seventeen digits isn't a lot, but it's WAY better than most people I know who go, "3.141?"

https://lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/how-many-digits-of-pi-do-u-know?page=4#32
This was just 4 months ago, I've grew a lot since then...

@arjunsawant said in #1: > i know *counts on fingers* 17 digits?!?! > dang, good for me i guess > > NO GOOGLING I'm not kidding, but 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841693993 Seventeen digits isn't a lot, but it's WAY better than most people I know who go, "3.141?" https://lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/how-many-digits-of-pi-do-u-know?page=4#32 This was just 4 months ago, I've grew a lot since then...
#10

btw, pi day is march 14th because pi is 3.14 meaning 14th day of 3rd month.

btw, pi day is march 14th because pi is 3.14 meaning 14th day of 3rd month.

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