Happy National Pi Day!

[u-gene]

What is Pi Used for?

Doesn't it have anything to do with circles?
2*Pi*R, Pi*R*R and stuff like this.

 

[pi8ch]

Aaaah... I love Pi!!

That's why I'm pi8ch.!!!!

 

[pi8ch]

Pi is also used to calculate the universe. therfore they need to know pi so exactly that they have to calculate more than billions of numbers behind the point.

 

[sysyphus]

Originally posted by WillJ

Edit: Nevermind, you're from England. You shouldn't be celebrating our (keyword: national) holidays anyway, jerk!

pi is a number which transcends borders.

Personally, I'm still trying to get a holiday for i (i.e the square root of -1)

 

[pi8ch]

Great idea!!

But what date will the "i" day be?

the 1.1?
the 11.11?

or maye the 2.1! (1-2=-1=i^2)

 

[Perfection]

Its also the integral from 0 to 2 for f(x)=sqrt(4-x^2)!

 

[Padma]

I would have thought that PI day might have been 22/7. But then, that would have meant using the European convention of date before month.

 

[Perfection]

Uh Padma, that would be european e day

 

[Dell19]

Should we have an a day for acceleration? What about x, y and z?

 

[zzguy2]

I got homework in Algebra 'cuzz of Pi day

We had a writing assignment where we had to pretend that the symbold Pi has bene stollen...

it was STUPID

 

[GenMarshall]

Originally posted by u-gene

Doesn't it have anything to do with circles?
2*Pi*R, Pi*R*R and stuff like this.

@U-gene - You are correct . I use Pi all the time, especaly in Algebra class .

BTW, the poster with the pi Symbol Avatar should be poping in .

 

[Perfection]

Originally posted by Dell19
Should we have an a day for acceleration?

We could call it Double D-day!

 

[CivCube]

It's also Albert Einstein's birthday!

 

[tonberry]

Originally posted by CivCube
It's also Albert Einstein's birthday!

That explain the new look of www.google.com.

I think it is ridiculous to grant Pi a special day. Can +,-,*,/ have a day too?

 

[nickmandler]

I went to a contest today for Who Wants to Be a Mathematician and won a whole lot of math textbooks! I came in 3rd in the state! That's what pi day is for. P.S. what is the sum of the complex fifth roots of 1?

 

[nickmandler]

Oh, also, there should be an i day! Since i is the square root of -1, which day would that be on?

 

[nickmandler]

Originally posted by Perfection
Its also the integral from 0 to 2 for f(x)=sqrt(4-x^2)!

Absolutely! And, it fits in the greatest equation of all time, which uses math's 5 most important constants...



e to the i pi, plus one, equals zero!

 

[Vrylakas]

Anyone see the Simpsons episode where Professor Frink is trying to quiet down the crowd at a science convention and, in exasperation, he shouts aloud that "Pi equals 3 even"! The audience of scientists gasps in horror, at which point Frink apologizes: "I'm sorry it had to come to that..."

 

[Padma]

Originally posted by Perfection
Uh Padma, that would be european e day

A little late for my response (I've been busy. ) but, 22/7 was the "original" value for pi. It comes out to 3.1428 IIRC. Close enough for the ancient Greeks, etc.

 

[GenMarshall]

Originally posted by Padma
A little late for my response (I've been busy. ) but, 22/7 was the "original" value for pi. It comes out to 3.1428 IIRC. Close enough for the ancient Greeks, etc.

Hmm, I did not know that 22/7 was the original value . THough I have Pi = 3.14 Drilled into my head eversince Algebra I.