Hemaka's constant
Popular Physics
2012-04-06 v2
Abstract
As proposed in a previous paper, the decorations of ancient objects can provide some information on the approximate evaluations of constant {\pi}, the ratio of circumference to diameter. Here we discuss some disks found in the tomb of Hemaka, the chancellor of a king of the First Dynasty of Egypt, about 3000 BC. The discussion is based on measurements of the dimensionless ratio of lengths.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1204.0914,
title = {Hemaka's constant},
author = {Amelia Carolina Sparavigna},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.0914},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Ancient measurements of pi as ratio of circumference and diameters, giving rational numbers, Layout after revision of misprints