π Area of Circle
The area of a circle is proportional to the square of its diameter: $A \\propto d^2$
Proof: Proved using the Method of Exhaustion: inscribe and circumscribe polygons with increasing numbers of sides.
As the number of sides approaches infinity, both polygon areas approach the circle's area.
Since polygon areas scale with the square of linear dimensions, so does the circle's area.
From: Men of Mathematics
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