Hey! I'm angry at math again, so I figured I'd share why: there is no simple calculation to get the perimeter of an ellipse. Got a circle? Easy! ✨ 2πr ✨ Squish the circle? Even just a bit, as a treat? 🔥 (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ 🔥
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Holy crap, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellips… - I had no idea. That’s brutal.
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Yes. Recent Numberphile video on this explains why. youtube.com/5nW3nJhBHL0
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Replying to @d234 @timbray @peat
Love the π explanation at the end

Sep 18, 2020 · 7:03 PM UTC