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| the title text was close; the real identity is e^(π - 2) = π [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.165|173.245.52.165]] 05:39, 7 April 2021 (UTC) | | the title text was close; the real identity is e^(π - 2) = π [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.165|173.245.52.165]] 05:39, 7 April 2021 (UTC) |
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− | The approximation in the title text(the first quantity) is an approximation provided by Ramanujan. [[User:Sarah the Pie(yes, the food)|Sarah the Pie(yes, the food)]] ([[User talk:Sarah the Pie(yes, the food)|talk]]) 21:09, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
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− | == Not a coincidence ==
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− | In the "Explanation" section, it says that "the title text pokes fun at ''another'' coincidence". This implies that what came before was a coincidence (without ever actually explicitly saying so). As already mentioned in the trivia section, this was indeed what was believed when the comic was published, but it is no longer true (an explanation for e<sup>π</sup> − π ≈ 20 was found in 2023; it is a simple consequence of π ≈ 22/7). The text should be updated accordingly. Relevant discussion about this can be found on {{w|Talk:Mathematical_coincidence#Explaining_e^%CF%80_%E2%88%92_%CF%80_%E2%89%88_20|this Wikipedia talk page}}, [https://pastebin.com/VzqPG5Gk here], and in the update eventually made to the [https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlmostInteger.html Mathworld website] (the original source for much of this article). [[Special:Contributions/172.71.250.8|172.71.250.8]] 13:57, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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