16-09-20, 12:27 PM
(15-09-20, 06:23 PM)robbo link Wrote: And ”Squaring the circle”. What’s that all about?
It's a mathematical conundrum, involving creating a square that has the same area as a circle.
Since the area of a circle is measured by pi * r^2 and pi is an irrational number (it never ends) it's impossible to precisely measure the area of a circle.
It's a metaphor for other impossible tasks...