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Happy Pi Day

PostThu Mar 14, 2019 3:47 am

Since there is a good share of math involved in many electronic equations working in our computers. 8)

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π. Pi Day is observed on March 14 since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of π. In 2009, the United States House of Representatives supported the designation of Pi Day. Wikipedia
Celebrations: Pie eating, discussions about π
Date: Thursday, March 14, 2019
Frequency: Annual
Significance: 3, 1, and 4 are the three most significant figures of π in its decimal representation

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Re: Happy Pi Day

PostThu Mar 14, 2019 4:02 am

I learned pi to 15 places while I was still at school. 3.141592653589793 --- try converting this to a date AND time. When is that?

I hope I have still got this right as my schooldays were a long time ago and my memory is not what it was.

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Re: Happy Pi Day

PostThu Mar 14, 2019 4:16 am

I round it off to 3.1416. :roll: Close enough for most (basic) calculations.

And my favorite dessert is pie, any flavor. :wink:

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Re: Happy Pi Day

PostThu Mar 14, 2019 12:21 pm

The one thing that π and I have in common is that we are both absolutely and inconvertibly irrational … :mrgreen:
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Re: Happy Pi Day

PostThu Mar 14, 2019 12:42 pm

Congrats, Grant. And here I thought I was the only one. :o

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Re: Happy Pi Day

PostFri Mar 15, 2019 1:54 am

you may want to look here, as the value of pi is incorrect:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2008963/Why-mathematicians-campaigning-pi-replaced-alternate-value-tau.html

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/today-s-value-for-pi-is-incorrect

http://www.correctpi.com/

and just google "incorrect value of pi"


Cheers,
Adrian de Groot, Ph.D.
Author of The Secret World of Numbers: New Discoveries in Mathematics (see lulu.com)

Now, will someone tell us what the relationship of pi to music is? :-)
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Re: Happy Pi Day

PostFri Mar 15, 2019 3:35 am

To adri

What a load of tosh!!!!

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Re: Happy Pi Day

PostFri Mar 15, 2019 7:20 am

Adri the article did not say the value of Pi was incorrect.
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Re: Happy Pi Day

PostFri Mar 15, 2019 12:25 pm

telemanr wrote:Adri the article did not say the value of Pi was incorrect.


I was looking for a pertinent link, but couldn't; perhaps these links were not as good on this issue as I thought.
I only quickly glanced at them. My bad.

Whether they are a load of tosh: I don't know. As I said, I didn't read them.

But: I recently discovered a brilliant insight by someone about the Fibonacci numbers, even though he is not a mathematician and interprets everything in light of kabbalistic numerology, which I personally do not subscribe to. We need to remain openminded and not dismiss or even judge everything we encounter, just because it happens to be outside our comfort zone.

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