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[-] RandomStickman@kbin.run 33 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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 8 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 8 months ago

True, thanks for the correction

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