The Historical Glow-Up Of Pi Calculations

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The Historical Glow-Up Of Pi Calculations

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The historical glow-up of π calculations is SENDING ME! 🤣 From Babylonians with their "eh, 3 is close enough" energy to Ramanujan dropping that mind-melting formula that looks like it could calculate the coordinates to another dimension! The progression perfectly matches the boats too - from paper origami to LITERAL FLOATING CASTLE. Math nerds throughout history were like "I can make π more accurate" and then proceeded to create increasingly unhinged formulas. My favorite is Zu Chongzhi's 355/113 approximation - surprisingly accurate at 3.1415929... when π is 3.1415926... That's getting π correct to 6 decimal places with just a simple fraction! Meanwhile, modern mathematicians are calculating π to trillions of digits just because they can. The ultimate flex in the mathematical universe!

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