Sean:
>Except that Pi is defined as a geometrical constant for ideal circles
>in Euclidean 2D space. Trying to say that measurement limits you to
>defining Pi to a certain number of digits is like saying that we
>cannot really tell if the ratio from radius to diameter is exactly
>2.000000000.....

> -- Bob Ammerman
But everybody knows the ratio  from radius to diameter is exactly
1.99999999999.....
(it really is!)
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Unlike the inverse square law, which is 2.00000000000000000... for a rather
large number of zeros, if not an infinite number. If it were not so then all
sorts of things would fall apart, star systems included.


         Russell
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