The Indiana Pi Bill almost declared pi to be 3.2 (Happy Pi Day!) (en.wikipedia.org)

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In 1897, the Indiana legislature nearly passed a bill, known as the Indiana Pi Bill, that would have declared pi to be 3.2.

The bill, written by a physician and an amateur mathematician, never became law due to the intervention of C. A. Waldo, a professor at Purdue University, who happened to be present in the legislature on the day it went up for a vote.

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[-] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Some say circles are the perfect shape Indiana clearly believes perfection is the squircle

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