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[-] nachtigall@feddit.de 16 points 7 months ago

Omfg why can’t I figure out why this does not work. Help me pls

[-] RandomStickman@kbin.run 33 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think it's because no matter how many corners you cut it's still an approximation of the ~~circumference~~ area. There's just an infinite amount of corners that sticks out

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

There’s just an infinite amount of corners that sticks out

Yes. And that means that it is not an approximation of the circumference.

But it approximates the area of the circle.

[-] RandomStickman@kbin.run 6 points 7 months ago

True, thanks for the correction

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 24 points 7 months ago

It's a fractal problem, even if you repeat the cutting until infinite, there are still a roughness with little triangles which you must add to Pi, there are no difference between image 4 and 5, the triangles are still there, smaller but more. But it's a nice illusion.

[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago

Because you never make a circle. You just make a polygon with a perimeter of four and an infinite number of sides as the number of sides approaches infinity.

[-] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

But if you made a regular polygon, with the number of sides approaching infinity, it would work.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 5 points 7 months ago
[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Exactly what I was expecting haha(I mean the video)

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