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Clive
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Pi is a lie
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Mathematicians Want to Say Goodbye to Pi.
http://news.yahoo.com/mathematicians-want-goodbye-pi-154001699.html
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sam
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Tau day - bit of a waste of time.
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GillE
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July 01, 2011, 19:16 »
What a load of old tosh.
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July 01, 2011, 22:38 »
It would save a lot of writing bit let's be honest when we are manipulating equations we just assume all constants are equal to 1
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