Sujet : Re: Totally OT: Colliding blocks that compute pi
De : fizzbintuesday (at) *nospam* that-google-mail-domain.com (Tom Del Rosso)
Groupes : comp.misc sci.electronics.designDate : 04. May 2025, 17:12:04
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Sylvia Else wrote:
On 04-May-25 11:35 pm, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTyOl1fmDo
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But WHY does it compute pi in base ten?
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Because the right hand mass is increased by a factor of 10^2 each
time. If it were increased, say, by a factor of 9^2, then the digits
would be of Pi in base 9.
Yeah, I hadn't watched it for a long time, but I just realized that as
soon as I started to review it.
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Totally OT: Colliding blocks that compute pi
Re: Totally OT: Colliding blocks that compute pi