[Blindmath] A Student's Question

[Sabra Ewing]

Yes, that is for six followed by P. It is not the word pie. It is a Greek symbol that has a constant of 3.14628 repeating. Someone came up with it by comparing a circles ark to its circumference or something like that.

Sabra Ewing

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Zach via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> When I use the Nemeth tutorial on my BrailleNote Apex it says '46 1234' is
> pi. 
> 
> Zachary Mason
> M.S. Student
> Animal and Dairy Sciences
> Mississippi State University
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> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of derek
> riemer via Blindmath
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> No.
> 
> .p would probably be written as (46, 56 1234) or maybe evenn (456 256 1234)
> 
> I've never seen this in mathematics though. I don't know if it's valid.
> 
> 
>> On 9/29/2016 12:15 PM, ALLEN PURVIN via Blindmath wrote:
>> Hi,
>> A student asked me a Nemeth question and I do not know the answer. I am
> sure people here do, so thank you.
>> What is the difference between .p (decimal point, p) and pi (the Greek
> symbol) in Nemeth?  Aren't they both 4,6; 1,2,3,4?
>> I understand that in context, the distinction may be more clear.  But
> without?
>> Thank you,
>> - allen
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