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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHappy Pi day!
March 14 -- or 3/14 -- celebrates the mathematical constant of pi. Pi represents the ratio of circumference of a circle divided by its diameter. While it is often abbreviated as 3.14, pi has an infinite number of digits beyond the decimal point, starting with 3.141592653.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/pi-day-2016-extra-special/story?id=37630134
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Happy Pi day! (Original Post)
yortsed snacilbuper
Mar 2016
OP
Which is much more accurate than last year's ballyhooed "Happy Truncated Pi Day"
progree
Mar 2016
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CincyDem
(6,407 posts)1. I believe the technically correct term is "Happy Rounded Pi Day" lol
3.14159...
rounds to
3.1416 or 3/14/16
Couldn't resist. So...Happy Rounded Pi Day to you (4^.5).
progree
(10,924 posts)4. Which is much more accurate than last year's ballyhooed "Happy Truncated Pi Day"
Last year was 3.14159265... with the 9265... chopped off -> 3/14/15 (boo!)
Either way, once in a century events.
underpants
(182,949 posts)2. Sorry I ate all the pie in the break room
It was there
dipa420
(3 posts)3. so
Couldn't resist. So..