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$\pi$ and Arc-Length

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Abstract

We use the classical definitions (i) π\pi is the ratio of area to the square of the radius of a circle; (ii) π\pi is the ratio of circumference to the diameter of a circle, to prove π\pi's existence within the purview of Euclidean geometry. Next we show that the "arc-length" (Definition 1) is deducible from Euclidean geometry. Then we prove the Non-Euclidean-Axioms(NEA) of Archimedes (Corollary 4 and 5) and that the arc-length integral converges to the arc-length. We justify why `Euclidean Metric' (Definition 5) is a correct metric for arc-length; derive expressions for area, circumference of a circle and finally prove the equivalence of definitions (i) and (ii).

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@article{arxiv.2104.09788,
  title  = {$\pi$ and Arc-Length},
  author = {Joseph Amal Nathan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.09788},
  year   = {2021}
}

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10 pages with 5figures

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