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Pi vs Phi
This creates a pyramid with a base width of 2 which has a ratio of 0.636 (height to the base)
Pi and Architecture
- Coincidentally, or not the pyramids have the same ratio which supports the phi relationship
- it’s possible that both pi and phi as we understand them today could have been the driving factors in the design of the pyramid.
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- One of those slopes just happens to be an excellent approximation to the number 4/pi, and if the architect chooses that slope, then the pyramid would exhibit the famous pi relationship.
- It then becomes quite reasonable to believe that the relationship between pi and the Great Pyramid is just an accidental consequence of their Mathematics.
Pi and the Pyramids: Coincidence?
- John Taylor discovered the perimeter of the Pyramid by its height, one obtains a close approximation to 2pi, which is similar to the quotient of circumference of a circle and its radius.
- Intended to emulate the earth
- Another statement is that the slope of each face of the Great Pyramid is very close to 4/pi. This relationship is accurate to within 04% or better
Archimedes approx. of pi
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- Archimedes approximated the area of a circle by using the Pythagorean Theorem to find the areas of two regular polygons
- The actual area of the circle lies between the areas
- He proved pi was between (3.1408 < π < 3.1429)
Origins of Pi
- Pi has been known for almost 4000 years
- The ancient Babylonians calculated the area of a circle by taking 3 times the square of its radius, which gave a value of pi = 3
- One Babylonian tablet indicates a value of 3.125 for pi, which is a closer approximation.