Re: ERROR in Pi Number

[Nicholas Jankowski]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 4:31 PM, <address@hidden> wrote:

Ben,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Help-octave <address@hidden>
> > On Jul 20, 2016, at 12:46, Ariel Gonzalez <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> >
> > Am sorry to say you that pi that you're using has an error. I would say
> that pi was maliciously manipulated by an international academic elite of
> mobsters with very dark purposes.
> >
> > pi = 3.141592654... is an error.
> > pi = 3.144605511... is the correct value for pi.
>
> Or maybe not.
>
> http://www.piday.org/million/

Are you sure?  Did you count them?  :-)

I just use 3 myself, saves trouble.

Regards,
Allen

Hold on everyone, I think we need to hear this out. Allen, your assumption has a critical problem, the number is smaller. The obvious benefit of Ariel's version is that it is larger.

More pi is always better.  Always.

Ready for dessert,
Nick J.