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Pi hiding in prime regularities

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Pi hiding in prime regularities

3Blue1Brown shows how pi emerges from prime numbers via complex numbers and sums of squares, culminating in a formula for approximating pi.

Praised as a beautiful, understandable proof and a favorite among 3Blue1Brown videos.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2017–2019

Topics

  • Recreational & visual math
  • Pure mathematics

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