Matt Parker - Update on Ridiculous Calculations of Pi - G4G16 February 2026
19K views · Sep 23, 2026 · Education
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@RecoveringH · 5 days ago
holy youtube recomendation
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@edddcrab · 4 days ago
"This slide intentionally left blank"
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@sabinrawr · 3 days ago
I wonder what the problem with the metal bit was.
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@richardfarrer5616 · 4 days ago
Calculate pi on the Moon? Surely you should have calculated pi in the sky instead.
@tomkerruish2982 · 8 days ago
The maximum thickness for a letter is ¼". After that, it's a parcel. I'm guessing that's the root of the shipping problem.
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@billczerno215 · 7 days ago
I think Shanks used Machin's formula for Pi/4 : as [ 4xArctangent (1/5) - Arctg(1/239) ] ... Is-it the slowly converging but relatively convenient for hand calculation method your team attempted to use, too ?
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@BuShips · 7 days ago (edited)
So, you got to 139.<br>As a number, it’s a bit interesting (as you know). <br><br>139 is not only a prime number, it’s a twin prime. Its twin is 137 and (again, as you know) was said by Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman to be placed on the wall of anyone who thought they knew a lot.<br><br>Richard Feynman said that "all good theoretical physicists put this number up on their wall and worry about it" in reference to 137 (specifically about 1/137) the Fine Structure Constant.
@charl10439 · 6 days ago
She doesn't look like a Mr. Peters
@jackmason5278 · 5 days ago
Clickbait! 👎 The manual calculation of Π was not explained, and the "on the moon" method was only mentioned. 😠 I would have expected better from Matt Parker.
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