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From: gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith)
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Subject: Re: Who said pi was 3?
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Date: Tue, 25-Mar-86 04:51:19 EST
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In article <659@bentley.UUCP> kwh@bentley.UUCP (KW Heuer) writes:

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>More recently (1981?) there's been some eccentric mathematician who claims
>that pi = sqrt(10).  His book was priced at $31.62 (~= 10 "pi" = "pi"^3).

    Is a person who says pi = 10^(1/2) really a "mathematician"?

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
Imagine what the world would be like if football was a worthy ritual performed
in stadiums but mathematics was a misunderstood activity ignored by almost all.