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hifiguy

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11. That is mind-bendingly cool.

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Fri Nov 13, 2015, 05:00 PM

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A classic formula for pi has been discovered hidden in hydrogen atoms [View all] G_j Nov 2015 OP

Way cool! nt valerief Nov 2015 #1

Um, the link is to a story from Politico about Bush* and Nineleven(TM) KamaAina Nov 2015 #2

here: annabanana Nov 2015 #4

I find this fascinating.. annabanana Nov 2015 #3

You can also find pi in the gaussian distribution. DetlefK Nov 2015 #5

The Wallis formula.... jberryhill Nov 2015 #6

thanks that clears it up saturnsring Nov 2015 #12

Well, I think anyone can see the pattern there jberryhill Nov 2015 #13

. . . hifiguy Nov 2015 #18

'... The emergence of the formula probably doesn't signal anything profound about quantum theory, struggle4progress Nov 2015 #7

Ayup. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #16

Jolly Good Show! Octafish Nov 2015 #8

TLDR. randome Nov 2015 #9

Aw how cute, one of your groupies showed up! Rex Nov 2015 #14

Lawnmowers and weed whackers!! FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #25

and eventually all sciences and subjects will just collapse back into each other MisterP Nov 2015 #10

That is mind-bendingly cool. hifiguy Nov 2015 #11

But is it just a coincidence or is there a deeper meaning to this discovery? Rex Nov 2015 #15

I think the only thing it means standing by itself hifiguy Nov 2015 #17

You might enjoy a recent (excellent) article from Nautilus on that very topic... drokhole Nov 2015 #33

Thanks! hifiguy Nov 2015 #36

great term G_j Nov 2015 #37

The electrons orbiting hydrogen atoms are in a sphere. jeff47 Nov 2015 #19

I thought hydrogen has only one electron. Rex Nov 2015 #20

Yep, they only have 1 electron. jeff47 Nov 2015 #21

I see, so elections do not orbit in a spherical pattern in other elements. Rex Nov 2015 #22

Some of them do, some of them don't. jeff47 Nov 2015 #23

Only in the ground state caraher Nov 2015 #26

Yes, I left out that complexity since the entire concept of orbitals was new. (nt) jeff47 Nov 2015 #32

This thread is one of the reasons I still love this place. Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #24

Agree completely. Rex Nov 2015 #30

And the more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #34

I gave up thinking I knew anything long ago. Rex Nov 2015 #35

I hear ya'! Damnedable runaway brain though... nt Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #38

Kick! These are awesome threads! nt Quackers Nov 2015 #27

May I be the first to point out that this may simply be a product of bored reality programmers. byronius Nov 2015 #28

The reasoning for this is somewhat circular. Maedhros Nov 2015 #29

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #31