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dmnd
on April 6, 2011
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π = 3 (sometimes) for Nobel laureate
Proof for the curious:
http://www.google.com/search?q=number+of+seconds+in+a+year+d...
omh
on April 6, 2011
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I understand what you did, but the mathematician in me cringed at the word "proof" in that comment.
guelo
on April 7, 2011
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That looked like a mathematically rigorous proof to me. What was wrong with it?
likpok
on April 7, 2011
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Proof by construction is perfectly valid, if usually too difficult to be useful.
itsnotvalid
on April 6, 2011
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May be the word "fact" would be better to describe these kind of numbers.
_ezkx
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proof by googlization
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