• flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      They’re not really mentioned in more advanced math. It’s all polygons.

      Ok, triangles are often treated as a special case. But for anything else it’s a n-sided polygon.

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        2 months ago

        Nah in my experience everything is a circle. You see π even in places you don’t expect

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      2 months ago

      It’s not even doing math, just watching science videos etc. is enough to hear the word every now and then. This is surely a person who has no interest in learning overall.