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Animation of the act of unrolling a circle's circumference, illustrating the ratio π. Oversize (720px) and anti-aliased version of Image:Pi-unrolled-old5.gif.

This version has been re-uploaded to the root filename Image:Pi-unrolled.gif; however please retain this duplicate for comparison, due to technical limitations.

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Description	English: Animation of the act of unrolling a circle's circumference, illustrating the ratio π. Oversize (120px) and anti-aliased version of Image:Pi-unrolled.gif 128×128 (266,713 bytes). Deutsch: Animierter Abrollvorgang des Kreisumfanges, der die Zahl π veranschaulicht. Vergrößerte (120px) Anti-Aliasing-Version von Image:Pi-unrolled.gif 128×128(266,713 bytes).
Source	en:Image:Pi-unrolled-720.gif
Date	7 October 2006
Author	John Reid
Permission	GNU-free
Other versions	Pi-unrolled slow.gif

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