Pin ItemailprintWhat, you thought Pi Day was the be-all, end-all in mathematical holidays? Get with the program. Tau is the new pi. The internet usually goes nuts on March 14th, or 3/14, in celebration of Pi Day, named for the mathematical constant pi (around 3.14). There’s a new movement brewing to celebrate tau, approximately 6.28, [...]
Here we go again. Another nerdette provides us with an in-depth analysis of why the numerical constant known as “pi” isn’t accurate…using a yummy pie as an example. These folks believe instead that we should be celebrating tau, which is more or less equal to twice pi. See how long you can follow along with [...]
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Today is March 14, 2011, otherwise known as 3/14. For those of you with a little bit of mathematical knowledge, that makes today “Pi Day” as the common form of the constant Pi is represented by “3.14″. Pi Day is celebrated on 3/14 at 1:59 p.m., representing the first six digits of Pi (3.14159…). Of [...]
That’s right, campers. March 14th is Pi Day. More specifically, Pi Day is celebrated on 3/14 at 1:59pm, representing the first six digits of Pi (3.14159…). What is pi, anyway? It’s simply a mathematical constant representing the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter. Fun stuff, eh? It appears in Einstein’s theory of relativity, [...]
