Re: how to generate pi in c

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Joe Zeff  wrote:
> From: Joe Zeff 
> Subject: Re: how to generate pi in c
> To: "Community support for Fedora users" 
> Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 10:38 AM
> On 11/08/2010 10:00 AM, Bruno Wolff
> III wrote:
> > Just remember that depends on Euclidean Geometry. In
>
> other geometries (say
> > very large circles on the surface of the earth) the
>
> ratio is different.
>
> And, of course, let's not forget the time that B.S. Johnson
> managed to 
> make pi equal exactly three in a small volume of space.
> --

And There is the mention of pi in the bible:

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+7%3A23&version=KJV

http://www.abarim-publications.com/Bible_Commentary/Pi_In_The_Bible.html

There are always the infinite series involving 4*arctan(1.0) and the famous approximations 22/7 and 355/113, the subject is rich and beautiful.  Wonder what we can do in pi day (March 14, 2011)?

It will be on a Monday :)

[olivares@GHS-E213-3 Documents]$ cal 3 2011
     March 2011     
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
       1  2  3  4  5
 6  7  8  9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31

[olivares@GHS-E213-3 Documents]$ uname -r
2.6.34.7-61.fc13.x86_64

Regards,

Antonio