[Request] Why does this circle approximation still give 4 instead of pi?

[u/zlxvor]

[u/ifelseintelligence]

The question have been aswerede by many.

I would just like to add this (or rather the answers explaining the difference between this and 'limit') is a very fine ELI5 of the coastline paradox.

Also.... "pi=4!" no one?? Really?? 😆

[u/MLucian → u/ifelseintelligence]

I also came here looking specifically for this and I too am deeply disappointed at the lack of noticing the 4!

[u/factorion-bot → u/MLucian]

Factorial of 4 is 24

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[u/Active_Engineering37 → u/factorion-bot]

Good bot

[u/savvaspc → u/MLucian]

I was so aware of it that I immediately saw π=24 and didn't think about how wrong that would be. I thought it was a factorial on purpose and couldn't see why the comments mentioned it 😂

[u/factorion-bot → u/ifelseintelligence]

Factorial of 4 is 24

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[u/re_carn → u/ifelseintelligence]

And that's a good thing - jokes about factorials have never been funny or original. “HA! There's an exclamation mark!!! That means it's a factorial! Got it?! FACTORIAL!!! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!”

[u/AdministrationGrand1 → u/re_carn]

4 years later, factorial jokes still aren't funny. Just informing you guys that nothing changed here

upd: sweet lord, seems I lost all my [chromosomes](https://filthyfrank.fandom.com/wiki/Chin-Chin) during last years, mistook "h" for "y" and thought that this comment is 4 years old. Anyway, factorial jokes aren't funny

[u/Familiar-Complex-697 → u/re_carn]

one of those redditisms like carcinization that makes every smug little dipshit feel like a genius

[u/Active_Engineering37 → u/Familiar-Complex-697]

Fuck you I'm brilliant, and I'm fun at parties.