ver wonder how the calculator seems to know the numeric value of
? How could it possibly know?
is an Irrational Number which means its decimals don’t repeat! (Specifically
is a Transcendental Number but it falls under the category of an irrational number). So how can you fit an infinitely large number in a small box? Or for that matter, how did Leonhard Euler manage to calculate
to 23 decimal places without a calculator?