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  • mkwt@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzafter you pi
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    4 days ago

    The proof is not that ancient. Pi was proven to be irrational in 1761, and proven to be transcendental in 1882.

    For a long time the problem was known as “squaring the circle”: Given a circle in a plane, construct a square with the same area using a compass and straightedge. This was a famous unsolved problem in mathematics from antiquity all the way through the renaissance.