[Blindmath] A Student's Question

[Bill Dengler]

3.14628 repeating?
No Sabra. NO.
http://enwp.org/pi <http://enwp.org/pi>

Bill
On Nov 11, 2016, at 7:36 PM, Sabra Ewing via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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.
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> Sabra Ewing
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>> On Nov 11, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Zach via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> When I use the Nemeth tutorial on my BrailleNote Apex it says '46 1234' is
>> pi. 
>> 
>> Zachary Mason
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>> Mississippi State University
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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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