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Re:Why do prime numbers make these spirals? by hinkley on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:57AM (#35710344)
You can also approximate pi as 22/7, which explains some of the other patterns that appear farther out.
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Re:Why do prime numbers make these spirals? by ihatepython on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @03:36AM (#35710566)
> You can also approximate pi as 22/7

Except in Indiana, where the legal value of pi is 3.2 by mandate.

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Re:Why do prime numbers make these spirals? by jjgreen on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @04:37AM (#35710932)
To be fair, this was proposed but not accepted by the state legislature (in 1879)
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Re:Why do prime numbers make these spirals? by viciousvoxel on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @05:47AM (#35711395)
I'm curious why, even if you were going to approximate it, it would be rounded up to the nearest decimal rather than rounded in the standard way to 3.1?
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Re:Why do prime numbers make these spirals? by kazinator on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @08:53PM (#35721916)
The value 3.0 is better; then you can build hexagonal wheels.
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