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How many sides does a circle has.

I just hit upon this interesting question!
I think I am not good enough to answer this. May be our genius friends here can help 😂
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For those who are thinking that the answer is lim𝑛→∞𝑛=∞
lim
n


n
=

, via:

An 𝑛
n
-gon has 𝑛
n
sides;
A circle is a limit of a 𝑛
n
-gon as 𝑛→∞
n


;
Therefore a circle has lim𝑛→∞𝑛=∞
lim
n


n
=

sides;
I'd like to mention: it's not so straightforward. If taking limits in this way were legitimate then we can show that e.g. a square has an infinite number of sides.

Consider a staircase with 𝑛
n
steps, and each step has height 1/𝑛
1
/
n
and width 1/𝑛
1
/
n
. It consists of 2𝑛
2
n
line segments. As 𝑛→∞
n


, the staircase converges to a single line segment (i.e. the limit agrees point-for-point with a single line segment).

If we glue four of these staircases together, and take their limit, we obtain a square, which would have lim𝑛→∞4×2𝑛=∞
lim
n


4
×
2
n
=

sides.
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
@DarkHeaven I think you made a mistake in line 4 🤔
@ozgirl512 I may have. I’m tired. Didn’t sleep well. But my point is still correct. You have to redefine the circle and drawn in angles for the infinity answer and by that methodology than all shapes are mutable and a square has infinite sides as well. An ambiguous answer to an ambiguous question, I guess.
@ozgirl512 😝
@ozgirl512 I’ll fix this later. I’m really sad today and struggling a bit, so I don’t want to bother with it.
Mohana · 46-50, F
@DarkHeaven Let me not ask you the reason to further disturb you but take care :)
Everything will be alright :)
You, me , @ozgirl512 and everyone who shared their great ideas can fix it together :)
Have a nice day!
TheOrionbeltseeker · 36-40, M
@DarkHeaven Eureka 🙂Eureka
I found my Mathematics teacher today.
KA9ha · 31-35, M
@DarkHeaven absolutely correct
@Mohana 🖤
Mohana · 46-50, F
@KA9ha ☮️
KA9ha · 31-35, M
@DarkHeaven what is that sign supposed to refer to?
@KA9ha Sort of an alternate thumbs up when I have nothing to add to the last comment. Sorry.