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Knowledge about pi in various ancient civilizations?
Ancient civilizations knew that there was a fixed ratio of circumference to diameter that was approximately equal to three. The Greeks refined the process and Archimedes is credited with the first theoretical calculation of Pi. In 1761 Lambert proved that Pi was irrational, that is, that it can't be written as a ratio of integer numbers. In 1882 Lindeman proved that Pi was transcendental, that is, that Pi is not the root of any algebraic equation with rational coefficients. This discovery proved that you can't "square a circle", which was a problem that occupied many mathematicians up to that time. (More information on squaring the circle.)
Where was Ralph Waldo Emerson's Transcendental Club founded?
which is a check the president has over the judicial branch
Benjamin Franklin proved that light is electric?
No, he proved lightning is a form of electricity
What is Pi and who invented or discovered Pi?
Pi is the relationship between the diameter and the circumference of a circle.
Who proved that electricity was real through their experiments?
Benjamin Franklin proved the existence of electricity.
