April 19, 2004

Is e greater than pi?

There are those who, surprisingly, believe that e (2.7182...) is greater than pi (3.1415...). Perhaps they have their reasons? Of course if you accept the (somewhat spurious) argument that pi is approximately 2, then there is no contest! Comments welcome on this issue.

Posted by The Count at April 19, 2004 09:35 PM | TrackBack
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Top ln(e^10) reasons why e is greater than pi.

# 10) e is easier to spell than pi.

# 9) e ~=2.718281828459045.. while pi merely ~= 3.14 ..

# 8) The character for e can be found on a keyboard, but pi sure can't (unless you use an ancient greek keyboard layout).

# 7) Everybody FIGHTS for their piece of the pi(e), but theres no fighting for pieces of e.

# 6) ln(pi^1) is a really nasty number, but ln(e^1) = 1. (Assuming you are using log base e, rather than log base pi)

# 5) e is used in calculus while pi is used in baby geometry, and rubbish circles.

# 4) 'e' is the most commonly picked vowel in Wheel of Fortune, as well as scrabble.

# 3) e stands for Euler's Number, pi doesn't stand for squat.

# 2) You don't need to know Greek to be able to use e.

# 1) You can't confuse e with a food product, assuming you don't have a diet of pure "e" numbers

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Posted by: Jack at April 19, 2004 10:31 PM

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Posted by: Frank at April 20, 2004 10:25 PM

e > pi in terms of usefulness

pi > e numerically

Posted by: Geoff at April 21, 2004 06:04 PM

News Just In!!!

e > Pi


----------end of news------------

Posted by: Jack at April 21, 2004 08:11 PM

In the wake of the recent announcements, scientists all over the globe have surprisingly come forward and confirmed that e (~2.718) is indeed greater than pi (~3.142). The reason giving was demonstrated at a press conference in Washington by using three elastic bands and what was described as 'the smartest guinea pig you\'ll ever see, mate'. Following this demonstration, many engineers expect that Chelsea will continue to underperform for a significant period, but it will clear up in the afternoon if we're lucky.

Posted by: Christopher Donnelly at April 21, 2004 09:58 PM

*gives up*

Posted by: Geoff at April 22, 2004 07:24 PM

no one ever got high on pi

Posted by: simon the great at April 23, 2004 10:04 AM