> "For an engineer, assuming that pi = 3.142 will > probably enable him to build a very satisfactory > bridge. Assuming that pi = 3.14159265358979323844 > will give the circumference of the Earth's orbit > to one millionth of a millimetre. "
And just a few more decimal places will get you the circumference of the universe accurate to the size of a proton: http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/JavaScript/longnumAstronomical.htm Neglecting Einstein, of course. Barry ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
