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Well according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi

Practically, one needs only 39 digits of π to make a circle the size of the observable universe accurate to the size of a hydrogen atom

In my opinion trying to answer the question "to how many decimal places does nature carry out π before she decides that the computation can't be concluded" naturally leads us to what is known as Heisenberg's uncertainty principle



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