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[Vector]

Yeah, I do that, too =/  I'll often have to sit there rewriting and rewriting.  My guess has always been that it's a mild hand-me-down of my mom's severe dyslexia.  I also get lost because I can't distinguish right and left in symmetrical rooms... it drives me crazy.

On the other hand, it might mean that he, like I, will have major advantages when it comes to distinguishing symmetries later in life.  So... I wish him luck >_>

[Heron TSG]

Yeah.  Same when someone says 22/7 is pi, rather than an approximation for pi, or when someone says 1 + 1 = 1 in Z₂, or anything like that.  It drives me completely bonkers.

Here's what drives me bonkers. The Calc I kids in the other Calculus class at my high school learned a new trick that they've been trying to show to every living being on the planet.



You see, you start out with a circle with a diameter of 1, boxed in by a square. The square thus has a perimeter of 4. If you take the corners in, the diameter is still 4. If you repeat that fractally and infinitely, eventually the polygon's shape will conform almost exactly to the circumference of the circle. The circumference of the circle is equal to pi, and thus pi is equal to 4, as the outer polygon still has a perimeter of 4.

[Aklyon]

...What?

[Tellemurius]

this is how AF and AAA works in gaming, funny enough i actually understand that and im still considered at college Algebra level >_>

[Vector]

Yeah, I remember that.  IIRC, the issue is that bounds it from above, but there's no lower bound.  Bah... can't totally remember why.  But it's something like that.

[Acanthus117]

...What?

[Tellemurius]

...What?

Basically you can have a infinite amount of Vectors wrapping around the circle and the perimeter of the outer polygon will always be 4.

[Aklyon]

...What?

Basically you can have a infinite amount of Vectors wrapping around the circle and the perimeter of the outer polygon will always be 4.

Theres more than one Swordsmathmatician?

[Tellemurius]

Yes, Vector can copy herself so many times yet can keep math sane.

[Bauglir]

I saw the Troll Science version of that. I thought the problem was that it didn't actually approach a circle, just an infinitely jagged polygon, or something. Then again, I am fail at calculus these days.

[Vector]

I saw the Troll Science version of that. I thought the problem was that it didn't actually approach a circle, just an infinitely jagged polygon, or something. Then again, I am fail at calculus these days.

Well, yes, this is also true.  But fundamentally, you'd bound from below with the inscribed polygon and get pi = 2 = 4 (or something like that--I didn't actually go to draw it), which we all know doesn't work.

[Angel Of Death]

I saw the Troll Science version of that. I thought the problem was that it didn't actually approach a circle, just an infinitely jagged polygon, or something. Then again, I am fail at calculus these days.

The first thing I thought when I saw Troll Science was Lol = Lawls² for some reason...

That dosen't make me rage, it's just weird...

[Criptfeind]

I saw the Troll Science version of that. I thought the problem was that it didn't actually approach a circle, just an infinitely jagged polygon, or something. Then again, I am fail at calculus these days.

Well, yes, this is also true.  But fundamentally, you'd bound from below with the inscribed polygon and get pi = 2 = 4 (or something like that--I didn't actually go to draw it), which we all know doesn't work.

But, you can get the same thing with a slip of paper and a can of beans.

[Vector]

... What

[Criptfeind]

You can get 3<pi<4 with a slip of paper and a can of beans.

It's the funnest way to teach little kids about pi, and then have a snack afterwards.