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Fractal Puzzle 18 |
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Solve this fractal puzzle. Click on "Scramble" below to
start.
This puzzle is INTERACTIVE in Java-enabled browsers. Clicking on any cell on image will interchange its content with the content of the bottom cell. Use this method repeatedly as you rearrange the pieces. |
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Bits and Beyond... PI Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Approximation of pi has began as early as the ancient times. One of the well-known one was by the great Greek mathematician Archimedes, who started approximating Pi by inscribing a hexagon into a circle. With the hexagon, pi was calculated to have a value of 3. Doubling the number of sides and inscribing a dodecagon in the same circle, his new value became closer to pi. He continued until he used a 96-gon, and found a better approximation of 3.1419. A Chinese mathematician Lui Hui took Archemedes' method farther. He used a 3,072-gon and approximated pi to have a value of 3.1416. A very good approximation.
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