Monday, November 10, 2014

mathematics - Significance of $pi$ in physics


We all know this magical mathematical constant.


My question being , how and why pi just shows up in every other physics derivation or formula or even statistics for that matter .


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_formulas_involving_%CF%80


Is it just coincidence or some actual reason?




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