Why is not equal to
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Pi
We all know that is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to the diameter. But why is not equal to
is never equal to . To prove this statement, you can try to solve this integral
The result would be and since area cannot be negative, that means must be greater than .
Below is the graph of the function
True or False?
Clarification:
Here, the answer is obviously false.
Continued Fraction
is the second convergent of continued fraction of , which means that is only an approximation of but not an exact value.
(OEIS A001203)
The second convergent
Decimal Expansions
We have
\[\begin{align}
\pi&=3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197\ldots\\ \\
\frac{22}{7}&=3.1428571428571428571428571428571428571\ldots\\
\frac{22}{7}-\pi&=0.0012644892673496\ldots.
\end{align}\]
So they are not equal.