Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day!

Pi, Greek letter π, is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. As Pi starts out with 3.14, Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th.

Pi = 3.1415926535…
 Pi has now been calculated to over 1 trillion digits past the decimal, which is largely in thanks to the use of computers. Pi happens to be an irrational and transcendental number, which means that it will continue infinitely without repeating.

No comments:

Post a Comment