Why does [math]\pi[/math] go forever?

Take all possible real numbers, that is those that you can write with some digits, a decimal point and more digits. A small proportion of these have only zeros after the decimal point. We call these integers. read more

As an irrational real number [math]\pi[/math] is greater than three, less than four, and perfectly finite. It has lots of exact representations using a finite number of symbols. read more

Best Answer: Because pi has to do with circles, and circles go around forever. Rectangles, on the other hand, one doesn't go far before running into a corner, which is why we have rational numbers. read more