Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi) in the US.
March 14 (3/14) is praised every year as Pi Day in light
of the fact that the date looks like the proportion of a circle's boundary to
its distance across — 3.14159265359 or 3.1416 for short.
Archimedes of Syracuse (around 287–212 B.C.) is
credited with doing the principal computation of Pi, while British
mathematician William Jones drew the Greek letter and image for the figure
in 1706 — which was later advanced by Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler,
starting in 1737.
A year ago's date — 3.14.2015 — was particularly
noteworthy on the grounds that it coordinated the initial four digits after the
decimal point. This year, some math beaus have as of now begun calling 3.14.16
"Adjusted Pi Day," gathering together those four digits.
Pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits beyond its decimal
point. As an irrational and transcendental number, it will continue
infinitely without repetition or pattern. While only a handful of digits
are needed for typical calculations, Pi’s infinite nature makes it a
fun challenge to memorize, and to computationally calculate more and
more digits.
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