Did you revolt against math when you found out that pi was some boring constant?

And not a fun dessert or even slice of pizza??

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DrWatson · 70-79, M

pi comes up in the most interesting ways:

ElwoodBlues · M

@DrWatson 355/113 is my favorite approximation to pi, good to 7 significant digits!

355/113-pi ≈ 2.66764189x10^-7

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues

Yes. A few papers have been written about that. As good as it is, nobody has found a "natural" way in which it arises.

Weirdly, it is close to a well-known approximation:

22/7 - 1/791 = 355/113