{"id":576,"date":"2007-03-13T10:26:47","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T10:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/?p=576"},"modified":"2013-07-12T20:47:32","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T12:47:32","slug":"pi-day-march-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/pi-day-march-14th-576","title":{"rendered":"Pi Day: March 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow is Pi Day, celebrated because π<\/span> is approximately 3.14.<\/p>\n

Some interesting stuff related to Pi:<\/p>\n

Remembering the Digits of Pi<\/h2>\n

For a party trick (or if you have no life), try learning the digits of pi. <\/p>\n

Here is George Polya's mnemonic for the first fifteen digits of π<\/span> :<\/p>\n

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How I need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[The lengths of the words are the digits. George Polya was very influential in mathematics education, especially in problem solving.]<\/p>\n

Want to try to Remember All These?<\/h2>\n

From the BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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In September 2002, Pi was computed to 1,240,000,000,000 decimal places by Professor Yasumasa Kanada at the University of Tokyo. It took over 400 hours on a Hitachi Supercomputer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

New Pi Page<\/h2>\n

Getting into the spirit of the day, I added a new page to the Interactive Mathematics site today: Pi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

American Pi:<\/h2>\n

And to finish with, enjoy yourself with American Pi:<\/p>\n

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