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[–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

mathematicians studying it will discover the measurements are all some multiple of pi.

Only if you measured it in wheel-lengths... In meters it would just be an arbitrary number

[–] erev@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yes but the ratio to the wheel radius. So unless you know that, the circumference is just an arbitrary length