Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL)
Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-Ala.) is sponsoring HR 205, The Geometric Simplification Act.
She wants declaring the Euclidean mathematical constant of pi to be precisely 3.
"That long-held empirical value of pi, I am not saying it should be necessarily viewed as wrong, but 3 is a lot better," said Roby, the 34-year old legislator representing Alabama's second congressional district, ushered into office in the historic 2010 Republican mid-term bonanza.
Pi has long been defined as the ratio of a circle's area to the square of its radius, a mathematical constant represented by the Greek letter "π," with a value of approximately 3.14159.
HR 205 does not change the root definition, per se. The bill simply, and legally, declares pi to be exactly 3.
Roby, raised in Montgomery, Ala., is on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education. Roby added:
It's no panacea, but this legislation will point us in the right direction. Looking at hard data, we know our children are struggling with a heck of a lot of the math, including the geometry incorporating pi," I guarantee you American scores will go up once pi is 3. It will be so much easier.
Democrats first responded to the measure with a mixture of incredulity and amusement.
π is an irrational number, which means that its value cannot be expressed exactly as a fraction . Many formulae from mathematics, science, and engineering use it which makes it one of the most important mathematical constants.
Rightardia comment: The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Well, the GOP is the "Party of Ideas." This is another bad one.
sources: http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=346671 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi
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