Re: pi

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:18:19 +0100, Robin Chapman
<rjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Dal Mon wrote:
>
>> What would pi be if we moved to base 7 universally?
>
>pi would still be pi.
>
>> Would it make things easier to calculate?
>
>Maybe, maybe not.

Stricly speaking I suppose that "Maybe, maybe not" is
all we can say for certain here. But "Huh? Why in
the world would that make things easier to calculate"
might be a better answer, even though it's a little
less well justified.


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David C. Ullrich
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