army1987 comments on Math is Subjunctively Objective - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 01 January 2013 05:44:12PM 2 points [-]

The Pythagorean theorem doesn't apply to curved space, only to flat space (regardless of number of dimension). And pi is the number 3.14159..., which can be defined in ways that have nothing to do with geometry, so I'd put it as "in convex (concave) space, the ratio of a circumference to its diameter is less (greater) than pi", not as "in convex (concave) space, pi is less (greater) than 3.14159...)".