How You Can Use Polygons to Approximate Pi

This is a little bonus video about a simple way to prove that pi is between 3 and 4, and why similar techniques were used by ancient mathematicians. Make sure you've also seen my latest main episode on my ‪@ComboClass‬ channel: • The Mysterious Pattern...
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[@Domotro]

I filmed a few more bonus videos like this (and some shorts) which will come out in the next few days. Also make sure you've seen my latest main episode on my @ComboClass channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqrPqGyqac9pmK8

[@MrBigbanan]

You win the internet sir salute. I am also interested in the quantum frontier and if it can be used for the star trek stuff. Neutrino something something some angle of something.

[@coyotedomino]

it seems important to me that the ratio between a chord, that is the side of an inscribed polygon, and its arc is .

[@WorthlessWinner]

You can go one step further easily. The radius of the circle bisects the hexagon. We can draw a 1/2, 1, ? right angle triangle to find the length of the bit of the radius that's inside the circle, then take that from the radius as a whole (from 1) to get the length of the bit outside by pythagoras. We can then make a right triangle from the 1/2 of the hexagon (1/2) and that newly found length, to find the hypotenuse by pythagoras. This gets us 98% of the way to Pi if we add up the outer triangle sides! I've been trying to find a way to get closer with polygons but i can't. I like this because it gives a reason WHY the number is 3 point something

[@EvanEscher]

Whoa, the lab coat has shapes on it now

[@monoman4083]

good video

[@daniel_77.]

"Were going to use polygons" "Any polygons or regular polygons?" "Regular polygons"

[@landsgevaer]

Even if intuitively obvious, formally proving that the square has a larger circumference than the inscribed circle is not entirely trivial, it seems...

[@TymexComputing]

Thank you for this episode - i have clicked the 667th like :) 0:09 - as i read all the comments it seems that nobody has expected that fall this year :) I have a nice and quick method of mathematically, practically approximating PI using polyhedrons :) (polyhedrons are made of many polygons so it should be ok?...) 1st you take a highly composite number of grains of sugar - like 360 or 5040 if you like bigger numbers 2nd you take a flat round pan with a very thin layer of dense substance on the sutface like butter or honey and with high edges 3rd you draw a hexagon inscribed in that pan/circle 4th after throwing the sugar particles from high above you count how many of them fit into the {CiRCLE minus HEXagon surface} and how many missed the pan edges/ fell off - short count - roughly 1/5 need to be counted 5th youve got a 1 / 5 * SQRT(HCN chosen) exact approximation of a formulae of 2 * PI / 3 * SQRT(3) 6th You make a video about aproximating SQRT(3) :) 7th - You take a look at Chudnovsky algorithm and wonder why in Gauss system CGS the magnetic permeability of vacuum is 4 PI x 10E-7 and why physicist have it all easier

[@tomkerruish2982]

This method sounds... exhausting 😃

[@jacckkaboii3528]

I am here from you livestream today, thanks for dropping another video :)

[@coughcpr3911]

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[@maynardtrendle820]

Keep it up, man!⚔️