Hi Lobo,

lobo-hotei wrote: What I was saying is that I haven't seen where the AE actually used the 14/11 seked as part of a formula to solve for circumference, area, or as a means to eliminate a need for "Pi" in the formula.

What about G1, and have you ever looked before I mentioned the possibility? Since I started research on this subject I have always felt there was a different method employed by the AE based on different mathematical concepts than our own. We are all intelligent human beings, but after 400 years of research using our current mathematical concepts we are plagued with a conglomeration of confusing theories that raises more questions than provides answers.

i.e. Based on the figures I was able to obtain, Snefru's Pyramid at Meidum has a base of 275 cubits 5670 inches 472.5 feet is 5/8 the size of G1 base, likewise the height of height 175 cubits, 3608 2/11 inches, 300 15/22 feet is 5/8 the height of G1 if it is based on a 14/11 seked, making G1 an 8/5 phi ratio to Meidum.
The perimeter of Meidum is 4 * 275 = 1100 cubits, multiply by the 176 (circumference) gives 193600 cubits this is of course, from the initial post: The area of a square 44 units = 1936 units, perimeter 176. Therefore the square root of 193600 is 440 cubits equal to the side length of G1.(440^2 / 176 = 1100) coincidence?
756/440 = 189/110 cubit to foot ratio from G1, Meidum perimeter 1100 cubits times 189/110 = 1890 feet, demonstrating the same cubit value of 189/110 * 12 = 20 34/55 inches, (20.6181818...) as G1.

Lobo, I cannot yet give you written cultural evidence, but I can bury you in circumstantial evidence as demonstrated above. In reality there is no cultural evidence to indicate the AE were even cognizant of pi, but seked ratios are cultural evidence so the only thing left to prove is methods of application.

Calculate the surface area of a cube with the same perimeter as the spheres circumference? Then I will reveal how simply the AE accomplished this feat with a seked ratios.

lobo-hotei wrote: eliminate a need for "Pi" in the formula.
I do not believe the AE had a need to eliminate pi, just circumvent it for simplicity!

Regards,
Jacob

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