OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
This length is very close to 1 because g ~ 9.81 is very close to Pi^2 ~ 9.87. Its equivalent in inches is 39.1189.
LINKS
P. Agnoli and G. D’Agostini, Why does the meter beat the second? arXiv:physics/0412078 [physics.hist-ph] 25 Jan 2005
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, The seconds pendulum
Wikipedia, Seconds pendulum
FORMULA
g/Pi^2
EXAMPLE
0.993622
MATHEMATICA
g/Pi^2 /. g -> 9.80665`6 // RealDigits // First
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, May 31 2013
STATUS
approved