Teach the orthodox ,orthodoxy

[Xavier_Onassis]

Just because you cannot define it exactly does not mean that it can't be used.

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Aha! this is precisely the point I was trying to make all along.

[Plane]

Just because you cannot define it exactly does not mean that it can't be used.

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Aha! this is precisely the point I was trying to make all along.

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Yes , one must simply decide how nearly the approxamation must be to be appropriate.

If I was to measure a tub useing cubits ,a measure that was approxamately 18" ,I might say that the ratio of its circumfrance to its diameter is approxamately three , since a cubit isn't a precice measure , the ratio need be no more precice than the yardstick.

This certainly doesn't give a precice measurement , but allows one to convey the awesomeness of a really big tub without getting into useless detail.

[Amianthus]

Aha! this is precisely the point I was trying to make all along.

That pi cannot be represented exactly, though still be useful? Funny, it seems to the opposite of what you were arguing.

You express accuracy in the result based on the number of significant digits in the operands. Pi, expressed to one significant digit, is "3". You seemed to be arguing that the Jews should have been able to find a closer approximation, even though the numbers they were using for the operands had only one significant digit.

[Xavier_Onassis]

You express accuracy in the result based on the number of significant digits in the operands. Pi, expressed to one significant digit, is "3". You seemed to be arguing that the Jews should have been able to find a closer approximation, even though the numbers they were using for the operands had only one significant digit.

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Yechhh! You are putting words in my mouth. I never said any such thing.

I find this topic boring and will allow you to have the last word, as I am no longer interested in this.

[hnumpah]

You seemed to be arguing that the Jews should have been able to find a closer approximation...

They didn't need to 'find' one, it had already been around for over 1300 years.