The ratio of the circumference of any circle to its diameter is less than 3 1/7 but greater than 3 10/71.
任意圆的圆周长与直径之比,小于 3 又 1/7,大于 3 又 10/71。
AB 是直径,AC 是切线;从三分之一直角开始连续平分,得到用于估计外接和内接九十六边形边长的角。
Begin with a tangent triangle where angle AOC is one third of a right angle; the tangent side gives the first outside estimate.
从切线三角形开始,使角 AOC 为三分之一直角;切线边给出最初的外接估计。
Bisect the angle four times. Each bisection updates a ratio by similar triangles and by rational upper bounds for square roots.
连续平分这个角四次。每一次都用相似三角形和平方根的有理上界更新一个比值。
The final small tangent side is one side of a circumscribed 96-gon, whose perimeter is greater than the circumference but still less than 3 1/7 diameters.
最后的小切线边是外接九十六边形的一边;外接多边形周长大于圆周长,但仍小于 3 又 1/7 个直径。
The same bisection argument inside the circle gives an inscribed 96-gon whose perimeter is less than the circumference but greater than 3 10/71 diameters.
在圆内作同样的平分估计,得到内接九十六边形;它的周长小于圆周长,却大于 3 又 10/71 个直径。
Therefore the circumference-to-diameter ratio is squeezed between 3 10/71 and 3 1/7.
于是周径比被夹在 3 又 10/71 与 3 又 1/7 之间。
This is a rational squeeze for π, not a decimal computation.
这不是先有小数 π 再去验算,而是用内接、外接九十六边形直接把 π 夹在两个有理数之间。
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