CELEBRATE PI DAY MARCH 14th
Pi Day is a special day in the lives of many people devoted to Pi. In much the same way that people celebrate Valentine's Day, people around the world gather in the shape whose ratio of its circumference to its diameter is the most revered mathematical constant in the known universe.In case you're not aware, note that Pi Day is held on March 14 because the date is 3.14. Pi Approximation Day is held on July 22, because when using DD/MM format, it is shown as 22/7, the fraction for pi.
π= 3.141592653589793238462 and an infinite number of no-repeating trailing digits; for basic calculations it's shortened to 3.14. Whew.
Pi is an irrational number. Does that mean Pi Day makes no sense? Just kidding!! ;) Irrational numbers have infinite decimal digits; they continue after the decimal point to infinity without repeating. Computers have calculated Pi to the trillions, and never reached the end. That's quite a lot of numbers to display on a calculator or write on your math papers. Shortening Pi for calculations to 3.14 makes it a whole lot easier to compute!
Pi is an irrational number. Does that mean Pi Day makes no sense? Just kidding!! ;) Irrational numbers have infinite decimal digits; they continue after the decimal point to infinity without repeating. Computers have calculated Pi to the trillions, and never reached the end. That's quite a lot of numbers to display on a calculator or write on your math papers. Shortening Pi for calculations to 3.14 makes it a whole lot easier to compute!
The following links shows the first 1, ooo,ooo digits of Pi.
Some paradoxes about PI
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