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Peeik

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pi^3 is a constant. When you differentiate a constant it is 0.
 

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differentiate cake
what do you get?
0
why?
if pie is a constant, so is cake
 

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as others have said, differentiating a constant is zero, however if it was (pi^3)x then that would be pi^3, because the x is there
 

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Lol dude as others have said, differentiating a constant gives you zero. Are you trolling?
I am theorizing that either
1. Trolling
2. Doesn't understand differentiation well

3. Is concerned about the constancy of irrational numbers.

- > In this case, it is reasonable to see where the confusion aroused.

Pi being the irrational value of 3 + 0.1 + 0.04 + 0.001 + 0.0005 + ...

And we do not get any repetition of digits. This can create an illusion that pi is then a variable because we 'do not know' what value it is. However this is the confusion people have with infinite quantities, in the case of pi, it is a constant with an infinite number of digits. As we 'find out' more digits to pi, we arent varying the value we are merely approximating it further. Pi is indeed then a constant.

This probably was not what the OP was thinking, but that can create a source of confusion.
 

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come on guys, just laugh at the funny joke okay :(

i put effort into tex-ing that!
 

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Well, a minute or so because I wanted to use fancy brackets: \left ( \right )
 
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