Dave L Wrote:
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> Well it's an area calc.
>
> What makes you think that if the AEs used an
> approximate ratio of a circumference to diameter
> (linear ratio) they would know it could be
> extended to area calcs (squared ratio).
For goodness sake, Dave!!!
I
do not, repeat
do not, believe that "if the AEs used an approximate ratio of a circumference to diameter (linear ratio) they would know it could be extended to area calcs (squared ratio).
However, what I believe was or was not known and what was actually known or not known are two separate things.
Consequently, I add the caution "appear not to have known", etc., etc.
As I just posted to Clive, who knows what AE mathematical texts discovered in the future may tell us?
You write,
> A knowledge of Pi and a knowledge that it can be
> extended to circular areas when squared are two
> things we need to differentiate.
Dave, I have been doing exactly this for the last thirty years!!!
You write,
> That is your mistake, but don;t worry, many others
> have made the same mistake previously!
"Growl"
No, Dave, it is you making a mistake here, not me.
Please see above...
Regards,
MJ - and a very exasperated MJ, at that!