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minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoFor back-of-the-envelope or mental calculations, pi is often 3 or 10^(1/2). The latter is better than 1% accurate, and has nice properties when doing order-of-magnitude/log space calculations in base 10.
For back-of-the-envelope or mental calculations, pi is often 3 or 10^(1/2).
The latter is better than 1% accurate, and has nice properties when doing order-of-magnitude/log space calculations in base 10.