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   From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article <5902752a-4c6c-4300-a5cf-f0c9cc481999@sympatico.ca>,   
   Joel Polowin   wrote:   
   >On 2023-09-22 11:34 AM, Ted Nolan  wrote:   
   >> That's not the way the Liaden old universe worked.  For instance, the   
   >> value of Pi was not the same, setting aside a completely different set   
   >> of stars & planets.   
   >   
   >Given that pi can be calculated in multiple ways as the sum of   
   >mathematical converging infinite series, it's hard to see how that could   
   >be... Archie Plutonium's "theories" notwithstanding.  Of course, that's   
   >the mathematical constant, which can differ from the _physical_ value   
   >(e.g. the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle)   
   >depending on the curvature of space.   
   >   
   >Joel   
      
   Well, the context is that Professor Liad calls out the value as a   
   adjustment factor during the inter-universal transversal, and it apparently   
   means nothhing to anyone else in the crew (who are all mathy spacers   
   themselves).   
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