Funny word, π.
I think I may be in love with a π -face. So many facets of π that get me wound up, thinking, then confused, then questioning my own cleverness, then wanting to hear more and more about the lengths it goes to…ARGGH!
π (Pi) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference and its diameter. What’s more, the area of a circle is equal to π times the square of the radius of the circle. π is an irrational number, which means that its value cannot be expressed exactly as a fraction having integers in both the numerator and denominator (unlike say 24/7). Consequently, it never ends and never repeats! I wonder whether π gets exhausted…
How such a simple ratio – the simplest ratio of the simplest shape – be the most irregular is a complete mystery to my simple brain. Fortunate me that I get to shoot circles and swirls and know not what circumference nor diameters I am dealing with. Leave that to the brainy mathematicians…
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