Why some people (mathematicians mostly) say that "pi is

>>8183201
>is it just a metaphor?

No, it's literally the answer to everything. Every single constant can be reduced to pi.

>>8183211
what

>>8183201
No mathematician ever said that, the closest thing will have been a math undergrad who will probably drop out.

>>8183201
More like e

>>8183226
More like 1

>>8183226
>>8183228
More like zero. After all, homogenous equations are b e s t.

>>8183201
It is a retarded metaphor, pi is just a number.

It has interesting properties though. Pi's existence directly implies that there does not exist a circle with both rational diameter and circumference.

In other words, pi generates many (relevant) irrational numbers and maybe that is what they meant when they say it is the answer to everything... but it isn't.

>>8183201

what a fucking meme

most integrals can be reduced to spherical or cilindrical coordinates which then end in some pi shit

it's like saying e is the answer for everything (yes you moron, it's the answer for all the diff eq course)

>>8183201
This is incorrect. The answer is 42.

>>8183464
upvote xD

>>8183201
>Why some people (mathematicians mostly) say that "pi is the answer for everything"?
>Why do physicists' heads detach from their bodies to prowl the streets for blood at dusk?

You're all wrong

-1/12 is the answer for everything

>>8183201
I'm not sure why people here act retarded, but what is meant by that statement is that pi is assumed to be normal, meaning it theoretically contains every possible string of digits and thus every possible information. So if you look long enough you will find your birthday in it, nude images of taylor swift and the next book of the game of thrones series.

The property of normality is hard to prove and I don't think it's been done with pi. Normality isn't a particularly special property either, many irrational number share that property.

They probably mean it on a binary base,
since it´s infinite it practically contains every information (present, past and future).
Therefore it contain´s (in binary decoding from 100101 to programms texts vydia etc.)
every information there is.
It would Take probably years of calculation to extract a binary sequence for an 4 character word but because it´s infinite ther will be somewhere sequences where you can decipher a whole book and so on.
so yes in theorie pi is the awnser but we´re not capable of using it.

>>8183215
e = (-1)^(1/(i*pi))

>>8183201

>mathematicians say pi solution to everything

Gonna need a sauce on that bullshit, senpai.

>>8183211
Yes. Any constant [math] c [/math] is [math]c = \pi \cdot \frac{c}{\pi} [/math].

>>8183201
Those some people are definitely not Mathematicians and is complete nonsense.

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>>8183201
The answer is in your head.

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>>8183811