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Re:Approximating Mathematical Constants Using Minecraft by westurner on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @11:52AM (#42319352)
FWIW 22/7 and 666/212 are Rational approximations for pi.

You can write a script to find other integer/integer approximations for pi and other transcendental numbers like e.

Re:Approximating Mathematical Constants Using Minecraft by genpfault on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @04:04PM (#42322035)
Hah! There's a whole Wiki page[1] about pi approximations!

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximations_of_%CF%80

Re:Approximating Mathematical Constants Using Minecraft by westurner on Saturday December 07, 2024 @07:09PM (#42353901)