From PETER BURROWS
Ian Dunbar (Letters, 28 September) says we cannot, by an act of will,
make the value of pi other than what it is.
Some years ago I was told about the legislature in one of the more backward
American states at the turn of the century. They decided that life would
be a lot simpler if pi were exactly three, and passed a law to that effect.
Unfortunately I cannot now find any documentation to support the story:
can your readers help?
Peter Burrows Epping, Essex
