[R] Value of 'pi'

[baptiste auguie]

I propose a Pi Haiku (PIQ),

Pi is of certain value,
In statistics, invaluable, yet
Transcending numerics.

Best,

baptiste

On 1 June 2011 11:55, Ravi Varadhan <rvaradhan at jhmi.edu> wrote:
> Nice to know that the `pi' can be sliced in so many different ways!
>
> There are exactly 3.154 x e08 seconds in a (non-leap) year.  So the error in your approximation is less than 0.4%.
>
> Ravi.
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> From: Thomas Lumley [tlumley at uw.edu]
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> Subject: Re: [R] Value of 'pi'
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Ravi Varadhan <rvaradhan at jhmi.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I have also heard (courtesy: John Nash) that `pi' is the ratio of actual time it takes to complete your thesis to the anticipated time.
>
>
> And I find it a useful mnemonic that there are pi times ten million
> seconds in a year (accurate to better than half a percent).
>
>     -thomas
>
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> Thomas Lumley
> Professor of Biostatistics
> University of Auckland
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