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"Michael F. Stemper" wrote in message news:ud29va$vog6$
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On 03/09/2023 08.05, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> The inaccurate Egyptian value for Pi disproves such influence. They used
> 256/81, less accurate than 22/7.
Cool! That`s 2^8/3^4. There was probably some arcane numerological reason to
use
a fraction that was the ratio of powers of primes. And, while it might be
less
accurate than 22/7, it`s only a 0.6% error. Their tools and measuring
instruments
were not likely to have been able to do anything closer than that anyway.
Michael F. Stemper
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