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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (67)	11/3/2001 3:57:51 PM
From: HG	Respond to of 758

As far as I know, Aryabhatta not only used the placeholder, he also gave the numeral zero. If you see the numerals, you'll see it clearly in the numeral list.... I meant to discuss not Aryabhatta's part so much...as to say that it was'nt Moslems who gave us Algebra and zero. It existed long before Islam... You may be right about it existing BEFORE aryabhatta... And besides, what they did back then, was BACK THEN Zeev. How long are they going to rest on the past laurels of gone by civilizations ? When are they going to build a WTC indigenously ? When are they going to prevent people from dying ? You gotta give back to the society you take from....all the time...... Cheers.

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (67)	11/5/2001 12:39:02 AM
From: GTC Trader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 758

<< approximated [Pi] as 3 >> Zeev, The following link indicates that the approximation that you refer to in 1 Kings was MUCH closer to 3.14159265... than just 3: yfiles.com Based on the Hebrew alphabet, they argue that the number must be multiplied by a factor of 111/106 or 1.0471698. This results in an approximation for Pi of 3.14150943... ! That is much closer than the 22/7 approximation that got me through school ! <GGG> You "probably" know Hebrew a little better than I do. What do you think of the argument? Thanks - Ken