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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!portal!lll-winken!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cheshire.oxy.edu!pursell
  2. From: pursell@cheshire.oxy.edu (William Robert Pursell)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.math
  4. Subject: Re: why is pi irrational
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.232722.9931@cheshire.oxy.edu>
  6. Date: 26 Jan 93 23:27:22 GMT
  7. References: <7017@tuegate.tue.nl> <fX#wH9p@quack.sac.ca.us>
  8. Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
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  11. In article <fX#wH9p@quack.sac.ca.us> dfox@quack.sac.ca.us (David Fox) writes:
  12. >In article <7017@tuegate.tue.nl> wsadjw@urc.tue.nl writes:
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  15. >The Israelites no doubt drew circles from time to time, but their holy
  16. >bible says pi is equal to 3.
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  19. Is there a reference for this?  (pi = 3 in hebrew scripture)
  20.  
  21. -Bill Pursell
  22. pursell@cheshire.oxy.edu
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