cladking Wrote:
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> > Ah, perfect.
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> > I have a challenge for you.
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> > Using the Yanomamo system of numbers (they
> are a
> > human tribe in South America with a complex
> > language and a rudimentary math, just as you
> > required) please tell me how they calculate
> Pi, or
> > the area of a square.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
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> I'm relatively familiar with the Yanomamo but have
>
> no special knowledge of their mathematic
> abilities.


That's why I sent you the link. It explains their mathematics quite clearly.

Please use their counting system to calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of ... oh, let's say "2" units.

Go. Find "Pi" in Yanomamo numbers. I challenge you. You are the one who said it was universal, now PROVE IT by DOING IT with the number system of a culture that isn't probably too much different than Old Kingdom Egyptians (in some ways).


Answers on a postcard...

Anthony

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