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		hansbo on April 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Roger Penrose – Is Mathematics Invented or Discove... Don't they, though? The path of an orbit in vacuum should follow pi, unless coordinates are discrete (which they might be, I suppose)

arethuza on April 17, 2020 | [–]

You could argue that it is only the model we construct using maths that contains pi.

thomasahle on April 17, 2020 | | [–]

The real question would be whether all simple, precise models of the concept contain something that can be identified as pi.

tchaffee on April 17, 2020 | [–]

Pi can be a unit of one in an alternate numbering system.

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