Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Legislating Pi

This short discusses an interesting tidbit of American history, where the Indiana state legislature almost decided to declare that the circle constant Pi is exactly 3.2, which is of course wrong.

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If you want to know more about this story, I recommend the wikipedia article on the subject or the wonderful book Tales Of Impossibility by David Richeson (Princeton University Press 2019)

Also, check out my playlist on Pi:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZh9gzIvXQUsGRDvzvXc02lDIKHaVeFwq&si=9YdPTM5O_WT2o1KN

or check out my new compilation of pi visualizations:
youtu.be/fIGSBrkp668

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