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(boing!) Cnoocy Mosque O'Witz ([personal profile] cnoocy) wrote2005-10-07 03:59 pm
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Random Math Fact

26/15 is a very good (off by less than 1/779) approximation for the square root of 3.
I have found this fact useful when doodling on graph paper during meetings, particularly when drawing a clock in a 10x10 square.
It has been said that I am very odd.
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[identity profile] tahnan.livejournal.com 2005-10-07 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I hear, yes.

[identity profile] kinkyturtle.livejournal.com 2005-10-08 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
It's probably not as useful with graph paper, but I discovered that sqrt(sqrt(2143/22)) is so close to pi it's off by only about a billionth.
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