Chapter 145: Reference and Pi

Chapter 145: Reference and Pi

"Lynn, you have won. It seems all our efforts over the years have been in vain," said Yulande, who was in a daze, after a long pause.

This statement drained the little remaining strength from Yulande, making him instantly appear several years older.This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

The rest of the divination wizards had similar expressions of shock and disbelief.

Their star charts were wrong, and the centuries of effort in the divination guild had turned into a complete joke!

"No need to be so down on yourself, Mr. Yulande. In a sense, your star charts are still accurate," Lynn reassured them.

He could confirm that the law of universal gravitation still applied in this otherworldly realm. He couldn't bear to crush the dreams of these wizards who yearned for the stars too much.

"So, you finally admit that all of this was fabricated?" an excited divination wizard exclaimed.

Lynn glanced at her, somewhat speechless. When had he ever said such a thing? But before he could speak, Yulande stopped several colleagues who were still trying to argue and looked at Lynn, awaiting an answer with a puzzled expression.

Lynn paid no attention to the disoriented divination wizards and continued speaking. "Do you remember when I mentioned the carriage problem? If we use the carriage as a reference point, the people inside are stationary. But if we use the starting point as the reference, then they have indeed moved. In my opinion, both of these statements are correct."

Geocentrism and heliocentrism, in simple terms, are based on different frames of reference.

Of course, in comparison, heliocentrism is more suitable for solving practical problems, as the essence of a star system's orbital formation is the gravitational pull of the stars. Therefore, the proposal of heliocentrism was indeed a significant advancement!

As for whether these people could comprehend it, that was not his concern.

Amidst the discussion, the magical symposium that had lasted all morning quickly came to an end. However, the topic of planets, stellar orbits, and airship range measurement showed no signs of cooling down.

"Which two points?" Harof inquired eagerly.

"First, there is no perfect circle," Lynn said matter-of-factly. "Through precise mathematical calculations, pi is found to be an irrational number. So, the perfect circle we imagine may not exist in reality."

"Are you sure about that?" Harof's brow furrowed, and the alchemists in the Alchemical Association have also been researching the curvature of circles. Although they've reached a similar conclusion, he believed that everything in the world must have a pattern. They just hadn't found it yet.

"Unfortunately, it's true. I've heard that a prominent member of the Secret Arts Society spent decades calculating pi to over two hundred trillion decimal places, and the result still displayed no discernible pattern, able to continue indefinitely," Lynn shrugged and stated bluntly.

Two hundred trillion decimal places?

Harof was struck dumb by the horrifying number. He began to doubt whether he and Lynn were even talking about the same thing or if he had misheard something.

He vaguely remembered that the Alchemical Association had only calculated pi to a few decimal places, maybe... the ninth place?

"I don't remember much, maybe just the first two hundred digits or so," Lynn raised his hand, using magic to display the numbers before them.

[3.1415926535897932...]

As Harof stared at the string of complex and chaotic numbers in front of him, his face twitched involuntarily. The first nine digits were identical to the Alchemical Association's calculation. He had to admit that what Lynn said was probably true.

However, he couldn't help but wonder just how much free time Lynn had to calculate pi to two hundred trillion decimal places.

At the same time, Harof was becoming increasingly interested in the Secret Arts Society mentioned in the invitation. It must be a gathering of top academic researchers.

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