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Pi Day Arrives Again!

Once again, as the Earth travels its circuitous path around the Sun, we arrive on that day we call pi day. Just two weeks ago we had Leap Day, to help correct for the fact that our spheroid’s spins and … Continue reading

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Pi-ling Up On Pi

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears … Oops, sorry, you can have your ears back (hope they still fit on the sides of your head); the ides of March are not ’til tomorrow. But still, friends of pi, do … Continue reading

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Happy International Pi Approximation Day!

Here is the e-mail I wrote last year, on 22/7, 2009: Greetings all!  and a very happy international pi approximation day to each and every one of you! 22/7 is an amazing fractional approximation of the mathematical constant  (pi), which … Continue reading

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Pi Day 2010!

A very happy pi day to all!  As many of you well know: today, March 14th (3/14), is that most famous mathematical holiday, Pi Day, to celebrate the circular constant pi = p = 3.14… Since this special day falls on … Continue reading

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