Aug 19, 2026 · 25 min · 8 segments
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Peace be upon you.
So in 1897, the Indiana House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that would change the value of pi to a round number.
This bill was sailing its way to the Senate when it just happened that there was a math professor from Purdue who happened to sit in and then explain that this isn't feasible.
And then it was only then that the bill quietly died the next day.
But let's suppose that the professor never showed up and the bill passed.
Would this change the value of pi? And for reference, the value of pi is determined by dividing the circumference of a circle by its diameter.
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Peace be upon you.
So in 1897, the Indiana House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that would change the value of pi to a round number.
This bill was sailing its way to the Senate when it just happened that there was a math professor from Purdue who happened to sit in and then explain that this isn't feasible.
And then it was only then that the bill quietly died the next day.
But let's suppose that the professor never showed up and the bill passed.
Would this change the value of pi? And for reference, the value of pi is determined by dividing the circumference of a circle by its diameter.