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pi: the Equivalent Characterizations: Examples and Counterexamples

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1 · Prerequisites
Abstract Algebra
Combinatorics
Linear Algebra
Real Analysis
Set Theory
Topology
2 · Logical flowchart

3 · Items

Example

One unit circle gives semicircle length pi, circumference 2 pi, diameter 2, and disc area pi

Example

Gregory-Leibniz partial sums bracket pi with an explicit remainder bound

Example

Wallis partial products are trapped by adjacent sine-power integrals

Example

The first Viete nested-radical products approximate two over pi

False statement

False: any positive zero of sine characterizes pi

False statement

False: circumference divided by radius equals pi

Counterexample

A twice-traversed circle has the same trace but twice the path length

Sources