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   From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   On 22/10/2023 15.42, 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.   
      
   Of course, in anything other than flat, Euclidean space, the ratio   
   of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is not constant, but   
   depends on its diameter (at least) and position (in a negatively   
   curved space, I think).   
      
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