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Originally Posted by SRS
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Originally Posted by karuvaadu
But for what purpose did a civilisation need pi if not for wheel making first? With the knowledge of pottery the mankind aquired the next knowledge called the wheel. With the aquiring of wheel knowledge they had the need to know about pi. Do you want to say that Inkas, Mayas and Aztekes are not civilisations? They did not know about wheels!
Rv. Dinakaran has taught you well indeed, but not about your own history. :lol: Wheels? Pi has many, many uses beyond wheels. The ancient Indians had advanced spacecraft (read Ramayana). Pi is a concept, as someone has already pointed out. The practical application is not at all necessary.
Ramayana? Do you believe in Homer's Odyssee? Jules Verne? Ron Hobbard?
Who flew away with Seetha? Raavanan or Raman? Who was Indian? Raavanan or Raman? Who was Lankan? Now tell me who had the knowledge of advanced spacekraft? Indian or Lankan?
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What practical application does infinity have? Pure math is justified on its own terms.
The practical application of infinity is the existence of God, isn't it?
"All is this, All is that
All from All
All remains ... " I read somewhere and smashed that book of theroies against the wall!
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By the way, I am of the opinion that the "wheel" was "invented" without any knowledge of pi.
Did I say something else?
From my point of view, the wheel was invented for the use of making pots! The same technology is still in use!