Mathematics at Parramatta High
Some Christmas

So... what is Pi?

is 3.1428... so that's not good enough.

is better at 3.1415929..., but can't we do better?


You bet. Here's some Christmas Pi for your consumption...

3. 1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993 751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421 170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253 594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489 549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831 652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936 072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628 292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213 841469519415116094330572703657595919530921861173 819326117931051185480744623799627495673518857527 248912279381830119491298336733624406566430860213 949463952247371907021798609437027705392171762931 767523846748184676694051320005681271452635608277 857713427577896091736371787214684409012249534301 465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290219 608640344181598136297747713099605187072113499999 983729780499510597317328160963185950244594553469 083026425223082533446850352619311881710100031378 387528865875332083814206171776691473035982534904 287554687311595628638823537875937519577818577805 321712268066130019278766111959092164201989...

(Will one thousand places do for now?)

Bear in mind that 39 decimal places of pi is enough to compute
the circumference of a circle around the known universe
to within an accuracy of the radius of a hydrogen atom.


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