Re: Π = 4
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Originally Posted by ElliotRawr
Meh.
Keep zooming in to the edges far enough, and it will always be a "circle" that is just made up of 90 degree angles and straight lines. A shape FAR less efficient than a circle.
It's hard to explain, but if you ever spent any time working with a vector-drawing program like illustrator, you would understand easily.
But this has absolutely nothing to do with the trick.
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Originally Posted by SABR42
I'm pretty sure the reason this doesn't work is because you're drawing a fractal.
When you repeat to infinity, the boundary of the figure has a fractal dimension, hence it can have the same area as a circle but a perimiter of 4 instead of pi.
Nor does this.
It's a good trick that doesn't belong in this thread. I won't spoil it here.