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Common sense and a rudimentary knowledge of the Bible should cause one to question whether it sets out to define mathematical concepts. The creation of a "sea of cast metal" by human beings in ancient times, without modern construction tools and measuring equipment, does not require nor could it utilize a precise value for pi. An even more fundamental objection is that pi is an [[irrational number]], and therefore has an infinite number of digits. (A "closed form" of pi does exist, but requires mathematical notation that was invented many centuries later.) A decimal expression of pi could not "fit" in the Bible, or in any other finite text.<ref>http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52573.html</ref>
Common sense and a rudimentary knowledge of the Bible should cause one to question whether it sets out to define mathematical concepts. The creation of a "sea of cast metal" by human beings in ancient times, without modern construction tools and measuring equipment, does not require nor could it utilize a precise value for pi. An even more fundamental objection is that pi is an [[irrational number]], and therefore has an infinite number of digits. (A "closed form" of pi does exist, but requires mathematical notation that was invented many centuries later.) A decimal expression of pi could not "fit" in the Bible, or in any other finite text.<ref>http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52573.html</ref>
==Bibliography==
==References==
{{reflist}}
==See Also==
==See Also==
*[http://yacas.sourceforge.net/Algochapter5.html#c5s5 Calculation of pi with computers]
*[http://yacas.sourceforge.net/Algochapter5.html#c5s5 Calculation of pi with computers]
==References==
==Bibliography==
* Grigg, Russell, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1731/ Does the Bible say Pi equals 3.0?] ''Creation'' 17(2):24–25, March 1995.
* Holding, James Patrick, [http://www.tektonics.org/lp/piwrong.html Pi Gets In Your Eye] (Tektonics).
* Peterson & Rick, [http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52573.html Rounding Pi] 1st June(?), 1999 (The Math Forum).
[[Category:Mathematics]]
[[Category:Mathematics]]