PI (圖)[ZT]

pi (pì) noun
plural pis
1. The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. Mathematics. A transcendental number, approximately 3.14159, represented by the symbol p, that expresses the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle and appears as a constant in many mathematical expressions.
[Medieval Greek, from Greek pei, of Phoenician origin; akin to Hebrew pê.]

verb
pied (pìd) also pied piing pieing pies pies verb, transitive
To jumble or mix up (type).

[y.y.]

yes, that's Nature . . . !!!

and the Last Supper too :)

[z.z.]

"Western culture always tries to find a beginning, pi has beginning, the Universe has a beginning (big bang theory), but they can't figure out an ending. Eastern culture believes neither beginning or ending..."

this is right and wrong .... :)

the very first time i heard the phrase, "the end of the world" or "apocalypticism" etc., was not from a Chinese, but Americans....

PI, though a sicentific/mathematic discovery, somehow reveals the nature of the Universe....that is, human beings cannot always find the neat, precise "answers"!!!!!

it is not only a philosophical thing, though it inspires philosophical thinking....

[by水滴]

Western culture always tries to find a beginning, pi has beginning, the Universe has a beginning (big bang theory), but they can't figure out an ending. Eastern culture believes neither beginning or ending.

Everything or No-thing runs in circles,
no beginning, no ending....
beginning is the ending
the ending is the beginning.

[地中海人魚]

很優美的派。

有一些符號是很有趣。象太極圖，有中生無，無中生有，也是無邊無際的一個圓。

[y.y.]

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii....
;)

[wx000]

PI - "無始無終無邊無際無始無終無邊無際" - 圓 ... Universe ...really interesting

[z.z.]

無始無終無邊無際無始無終無邊無際
無邊無際無始無終無邊無際無邊無際
無始無終無邊無際無始無終無邊無際
無始無終無邊無際無始無終無邊無際
無始無終無邊無際無始無終無邊無際
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
無始無終無邊無際無始無終無邊無際
無始無終無邊無際無始無終無邊無際
無始無終無邊無際無始無終無邊無際
無始無終無邊無際無始無終無邊無際
無始無終無邊無際無始無終無邊無際

[律周]

美存活於時間的無始無終，the Universe的無邊無際。
it was discovered，讓我們享用。

[z.z.]

wx000: Who invented this magic number?

>>>i don't think it was "invented" by anybody.... it was discovered, by chance, like other mysteries of the Universe, such as the DNA coding, etc..

YY: infinity and proximity

>>>that's exactly what PI reminds me of ...!!!

[y.y.]

Mathematics indeed is Art too . . . abstractly [but sort of precisely] representing the beauty of the world, OBJECTIVELY

pi : infinity and proximity

heart: vision: journey: soul : : : : >
reminding me of your poem The Journey

[wx000]

Who invented this magic number?