Finding Pi

[TheBigDog]

OK, I was looking up something entirly unrelated on the internet and came across a little gem. It is a page dedicated to unusual formulas that approximate Pi.

 

Puzzle 50.- “The best approximation to pi with primes”

 

One of the examples is only Palindrome numbers (same forward and backward)

 

1.09999901 x 1.19999911 x 1.39999931 x 1.69999961 = 3.141592573

 

Then it has a whole section for formulas that use only prime numbers to approximate Pi. Here is an example.

 

3+(5*2216117)/(3*53*577*853) = 3.14159265358979316

 

I thought some of the guys here would get a kick out of this, I did.

 

Bill

[sanctus]

yep its funny!

[Michaelangelica]

Pie is the Australian national food.

Late at night you can get it with peas. (and sauce)

 

Welcome to hypography.:doh:

[sanctus]

You really like those pies? During the year I passed in Australia I ate them exactly once in the first week and then never again!

Actually to say the truth I tried in central Australia a Kangaroo-pie and that one was at least eatable...