Talk:Area of a circle

@CiaPan: Thank you for thinking along. I've added some extra explanation to support my theorem. Please note, that I'm not calculating ${\displaystyle \pi }$, what I'm doing, is comparing the circle directly to a square, instead of other polygons. Gmac4247 (talk) 20:42, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gmac4247: You seem to miss the fact the proportionality coefficient between the area of a circle and the square of its radius is the same as between the circumference of the circle and its diameter (which is known at least since Archimedes). And that coefficient IS denoted by the Greek letter π. --CiaPan (talk) 20:55, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

@CiaPan: Yeah. Yet, they're still proportional. Gmac4247 (talk) 09:53, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gmac4247: Please indent your entries properly. This helps much in following the talk when it forks into sub-threads.
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@CiaPan:

okGmac4247 (talk) 11:32, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

@Gmac4247: In your "proof", you do not explain how c follows from a and b. And in fact, c is false: the sum of the areas of the four quarter circles (centered at the vertices and passing through a point halfway between the square's center and a side) is strictly less than the area of the square.

If you want to contribute to mathematical research, the proper way to do it would be to do what all people do when they are starting out: First discuss your work with your friends and colleagues to make sure that your argument is written so clearly that no one could misunderstood it. If you are not able to make the people around you understand it, then you should not proceed any further before rewriting. It may involve several rounds of back and forth before your argument is polished enough to be understandable. Once that is done, you should submit it to a mathematics journal. Posting your own research onto a Wikipedia article is something that you should never do, even if the research is correct - that should be left to others. Best wishes, Ebony Jackson (talk) 16:12, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

@Ebony Jackson:

Thank you. I've extended the proof on its talk page.Gmac4247 (talk) 20:58, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gmac4247 (talk • contribs) 08:00, 10 May 2021 (UTC) Gmac4247 (talk) 09:35, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

The idea of the mathematical constant ${\displaystyle \pi }$ is based on the assumption, that the circumference of a circle can be calculated from the difference of the perimeters of an inscribed and a circumscribed polygon. To test this theory, I start with squares.

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r1=radius of the small circle; r3=radius of the larger circle; a=side of the small polygon; A1/P1=area/perimeter of the small circle; A2/P2=area/perimeter of the small polygon; A3/P3=area/perimeter of the larger circle; A4/P4=area/perimeter of the larger polygon; c=coefficient of the area/perimeter of the circle ${\displaystyle r1={\tfrac {a}{2}};r3={\tfrac {\sqrt {2}}{2}}*a;P1=2c*{\tfrac {a}{2}}=c*a;P2=4*a;P3=2c*{\tfrac {\sqrt {2}}{2}}*a=c*{\sqrt {2}}*a;P4=4*{\sqrt {2}}*a}$

I continue with hexagons.

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${\displaystyle r1={\tfrac {\sqrt {3}}{2}}*a;r3=a;P1=2c*{\tfrac {\sqrt {3}}{2}}*a=c*{\sqrt {3}}*a;P2=6*a;P3=2c*a;P4=6*{\tfrac {2}{\sqrt {3}}}*a={\tfrac {12}{\sqrt {3}}}*a}$

The number of the polygons' sides can be increased to infinite.

Problem #1: The mathematical constant ${\displaystyle \pi }$ is based on calculating with 71 side polygons. Such determination is a rough guess between 4 and infinite.

Problem #2: Despite of the difference decreases between the polygons' perimeter, as the number of their sides increases, the actual value of their perimeter can only be calculated with endless fractions. (See ${\displaystyle {\sqrt {3}}}$ above for instance.) That means decrease of accuracy.

Take the areas of the squares and the inscribed circles instead:

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${\displaystyle A1=c*{\tfrac {a^{2}}{4}};A2=a^{2};A3=c*{\tfrac {a^{2}}{2}};A4=2*a^{2};}$

This proportion enables to exactly determine the area of the circle between the squares and vice versa: the square between the inscribed and the circumscribed circles.

File:Find_the_area_of_a_circle_by_cutting_it_to_four_quarters.jpeg

Gmac4247 (talk) 09:27, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

As you have been repeatedly told, this is original research, which is forbidden by Wikipedia's core policies. You need to get your research published. After that, it needs to become notable. (Most research, including my own, is not.) After that, it can be incorporated into Wikipedia. Until then, your research should not be discussed on Wikipedia talk pages, because talk pages are for discussing impending edits to articles. Mgnbar (talk) 12:45, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Your definition of c and value of P4 is wrong, but no serious math journal would publish your work even if you fix it. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:00, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Five points.

Point 1. Sentence #1 is false. Twice.

The idea of the mathematical constant \pi is based on the assumption, that the circumference of a circle can be calculated from the difference of the perimeters of an inscribed and a circumscribed polygon.

There is NO such assumption, and the coefficient named pi is NOT calculated from a difference of any perimeters.

The properties of two sequences of perimeters allow us to infer the coefficient exists and to estimate (bound from both sides) its actual value. Additionally, the more sides of polygons, the better estimation (shorter interval in which the sought value is).

Point 2. Sentence #5 is clearly invented.

The mathematical constant \pi is based on calculating with 71 side polygons.

No grounds for this claim.

The number 71 appears in the well-known result of Archimedes, who calculated the bounding ${\displaystyle 3{\frac {10}{\color {darkred}71}}<\pi <3{\frac {1}{7}}}$, but it is not a number of sides!

Point 3. Sentences #7 & 8 reveal an obvious misunderstanding.

the actual value of their perimeter can only be calculated with endless fractions. (See {\sqrt {3}} above for instance.) That means decrease of accuracy.

One doesn't need a square root to get an 'endless fraction', a simple ordinary quotient is enough: 1/3 = 0.3333333...

And this has nothing to do with accuracy, because we can calculate values of roots as accurate (as many exact digits) as we want.

Point 4. There is a mistake in the first drawing: a side of the big square is ${\displaystyle a{\sqrt {2}}}$, not ${\displaystyle 2a}$.
As a result, the fourth equation in the second set should read:

${\displaystyle A1=c\cdot {\tfrac {a^{2}}{4}};A2=a^{2};}$

${\displaystyle A3=c\cdot {\tfrac {a^{2}}{2}};\color {darkred}A4=2\cdot a^{2};}$

and all you can infer from this system is:

${\displaystyle A3:A1=A4:A2=2}$

${\displaystyle A1:A2=A3:A4={\tfrac {c}{4}}}$

and

${\displaystyle A2<A3<A4}$

hence

${\displaystyle a^{2}<c\cdot {\frac {a^{2}}{2}}<2a^{2}}$

and finally

${\displaystyle 2<c<4}$

Honestly, not an impressive result. Especially today, in days of super-computers, compared to a twenty-two–centuries–old result by Archimedes (who died circa 212 BC).

Point 5. Please, please, PLEASE: cease bragging about your mind-blowing results, and start learning from old masters instead.
--CiaPan (talk) 21:20, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

{re|Mgnbar|CiaPan}

Thank you, the large square is corrected.

I don't know, if it was a 71, or a 96 side polygon, but that's not the point.

Gmac4247 (talk) 09:27, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

You have been asked not to edit earlier posts in talk page threads. Again, please just post a new, corrected version at the bottom of the thread. If this process seems cumbersome, because you are revising a large block of text, then please instead post that text in your personal userspace and edit it there. Mgnbar (talk) 12:03, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

I've asked two supercomputers about this. Here are their responses:

Screenshot of discussing the area of a circle with a supercomputer (Bing)

Screenshot of discussing the area of a circle with a supercomputer (Bard) Gmac4247 (talk) 13:25, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

A wonderful example of why LLMs cannot be relied on for facts. MrOllie (talk) 14:00, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I can't ask Mr Archimedes about it. I didn't find any notes about if he considered and dismissed this approach. Gmac4247 (talk) 16:03, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Most probably Archimedes did not considered this approach, because he apparently understood, what he was trying to do. And if he tried it and then he left no notes about it, then it would mean the approach turned out counterproductive. --CiaPan (talk) 17:37, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

You've asked two digital superidiots. Please stop doing this. They may easily produce as long laudatory enunciations as you wish, based just on a statistical correlation of words you used in your question, but they have ZERO idea about abstract notions you use and their mathematical definitions. --CiaPan (talk) 17:34, 13 November 2023 (UTC)