kfay Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Happy Pi Day!! For those of you who don't know, that's March 14th, (3/14 in the U.S.). I know that for all of you mathematicians on here... this is your favorite day of the year. And while I don't understand your culture, I damn well respect it! Run around in circles and go crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Pi is 3.14159. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Pi day is 22nd of July here in UK, where we get the days and months in a sensible order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Happy Pi Day!! For those of you who don't know, that's March 14th, (3/14 in the U.S.). I know that for all of you mathematicians on here... this is your favorite day of the year. And while I don't understand your culture, I damn well respect it! Run around in circles and go crazy! Today is my son's birthday. Despite my encouragement, he missed 1:59 AM by a little over an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 It's Pi Day again? Wow. I still like the 22/7 approximation of it. Or if memory serves, 355/113. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Yes, in China it's 355/113, not sure how to express that in calendar terms though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 In SI (système international and not Sports Illustrated...) it is 3.14 16:01 approx (The transcendent part is what keeps the French sublime, I gather...lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 i like the pie with an 'e' better anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 3.14159Tangent secant cosine sineYay team 3 1 4 1 5 9See I have a rhyme assisting 2 6 5 3 5 9My feeble brain its tasks resisting Pi is irrationalPi is transcendentalBut no one knows if Pi is normal. Is there a metaphor here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshs Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I celebrated at 1:59 with some Pie.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Pi is 3.14159. Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Pi is 3.14159. Exactly. Wasn't there some politician somewhere (North Carolina I think?) who once tried to pass legislation for pi to be taught as exactly 3 in schools in his state? Han would have gone on amazing tilt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the drury lessons involving quantum mechanics, and if the lectures were boring or tiring, then any odd thinking was on quartic equations again. :lol: HINT: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerardo Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 You mean the Indiana Pi Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Now really... isn't e much more interesting than pi? We could have celebrated it on February 7th. Or maybe we could compromise and have the date somewhere in between and celebrate Transcendentals Day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the drury lessons involving quantum mechanics, and if the lectures were boring or tiring, then any odd thinking was on quartic equations again. :) HINT: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795... Great, now I can finally remember it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchiu Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the drury lessons involving quantum mechanics, and if the lectures were boring or tiring, then any odd thinking was on quartic equations again. :) HINT: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795... Great, now I can finally remember it! ... 0288 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the drury lessons involving quantum mechanics Freudian slip? Did you mean dreary lessons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Pi is 3.14159. Exactly. Wasn't there some politician somewhere (North Carolina I think?) who once tried to pass legislation for pi to be taught as exactly 3 in schools in his state? Han would have gone on amazing tilt. Makes sense, after all there is a reference in the Bible to some wheels whose circumferences are thrice their diameter, so it must be true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Yup, I remember 3 being used as the approximation in the bible. That said, what I previously typed was from a faculty cheer from school last time....mine was doing 2 maths subjects (out of 4 A levels) and so our cheer had that....Rest of it has faded from my memory already though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Although there have been folks who assert that Pi is 3 on Biblical grounds, that was not the case in Indiana (see the Wikepedia link given earlier). In the Indiana case it was some secular nut, and from what I have read it is not possible to even make sense out of what he says. It's far beyond wrong. When I was a grad student I found a book in the library by one of these guys who had squared the circle, trisected the angle and so on. He had discovered where mathematicians had erred. While we square (a+:o to get a^2+2ab+b^2 he observed that the correct formula was (a+:o^2 =a^2+2ab with no b^2 term. Once you accept this new formula many things fall into place. Due to the closed-mindedness of the mathematical community he was unable to get his result published but a wealthy enthusiast had these ideas distributed to mathematics libraries throughout the country. I of course believe in freedom of the press but there are these temptations to make exceptions :) Some writings are not too dangerous or too shocking, just too stupid. I see I have a conflict between math and the smileys. Just square a+b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 My company celebrates Pi Day every year by giving out free pie. BTW, Pi Day is also Albert Einstein's birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanrover Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 pi is 4/1 - 4/3 + 4/5 - 4/7 + 4/9 - 4/11 ............. Pretty cool hu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 pi is 4/1 - 4/3 + 4/5 - 4/7 + 4/9 - 4/11 ............. Pretty cool hu? You should sign up for a class in Fourier Series, you would like it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 On a more advanced note, Pi is also equal to pi + 1 - 1/2 - 1/4 - 1/8 - ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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