Now for the important part. Today, as you may know, is Pi Day. Why today? Because it’s March 14—yes, 3/14—and 3.14 is the value of pi to two decimals. Of course, the actual number continues to an ...

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When someone wishes you a "Happy Pi Day," you probably immediately think of circles—and not only pies. (Pi Day is March 14, or 3.14 if you’re using US date formatting.) That's because if you measure ...

Pi, a mathematical constant denoted by the Greek letter π, is the ratio of a circle's circumference C to its diameter d: π = C/d. The circumference of a circle is, in turn, equal to 2πr, where r is ...

Everyone makes mistakes—and sometimes those mistakes can lead to surprising discoveries. In the early 1990s, while programming the computer game Doom, game developer John Carmack set the value of pi ...

Researchers in Switzerland are set to break the record for the most precise value of the mathematical constant pi, after using a supercomputer to calculate the famous number to its first 62.8 trillion ...

Professor C.A. Waldo taught math at Purdue University. He shot down a bill that would have legally redefined “pi,” using the theory of amateur Edward J. Goodwin in a nationally published article. It ...

Today is Pi Day, a celebration of the ratio of the circumference of a circle. Though the numeric value of Pi (π) actually goes on forever — according to Guinness World Records, the most accurate value ...