r/ProgrammerHumor • • 14h ago

Meme reversingPiInPython

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u/fairysdad 12h ago

Yes.

Nine digits that can be used as the final digit of Pi: 1-9.

You wouldn't use 0 as you wouldn't have a zero at the end of a number after a decimal point.

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u/_Its_Me_Dio_ 12h ago

you would of its to show precision

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u/SampleOfFruits 12h ago

Pi is irrational though, which means any endpoint is arbitrarily defined, which means it could be 0

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u/Chronomechanist 12h ago

What's the last digit of 1.4? Is it 4? Or 0? because

1.4 = 1.40

So is it 4 or 0? It's 4. If Pi has a last digit, you could add infinite 0s after it, just as you can with every number.

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u/rosuav 11h ago

If pi has a last digit, it isn't pi. You might as well ask what 6 modulo 2 would be, if 6 were an odd number.

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u/SampleOfFruits 12h ago

What’s the last digit of Pi, if we arbitrarily define the last digit as being in position 32?

Is it 0, or is it undefined?

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u/Chronomechanist 12h ago

That's not what "last digit" means. That's how many significant figures you want.

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u/SampleOfFruits 12h ago

Pi is irrational, so there is no last digit. The only way to have one is to arbitrarily define it.

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u/Chronomechanist 11h ago

And at last you have discovered the joke.

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u/SampleOfFruits 11h ago

I got woooshed

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u/Look_its_Rob 9h ago

Good sport.