Mid-Week Musings - Pi Day

I don’t know about your house, but at our house, we celebrate Pi Day! Not sure what Pi is? See the explanation from Wikipedia at the end of this post!

My wife has a master’s degree in mathematics, so, naturally, she is all in for Pi Day, which is celebrated on March 14th each year representing the first 3 digits of the mathematical number of Pi – 3.14. Pi goes on forever, so a good Pi joke you can tell your spouse is that you love them for as long as the equation Pi goes on!

While math nerds will know the value of Pi and truly appreciate it, I appreciate eating pie on Pi Day! My wife has mastered the homemade apple pie, and having a “pizza pie” for lunch or dinner is always a bonus.

There you have it, a glimpse into our nerdy life. Have you ever celebrated Pi Day?

Now go compute something to celebrate!

Brian

Here is the Wiki explanation:

“The number π (/paɪ/) is a mathematical constant. Originally defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, it now has various equivalent definitions and appears in many formulas in all areas of mathematics and physics. It is approximately equal to 3.14159. It has been represented by the Greek letter "π" since the mid-18th century, though it is also sometimes spelled out as "pi".

Being an irrational number, π cannot be expressed exactly as a common fraction (equivalently, its decimal representation never ends and never settles into a permanent repeating pattern). Still, fractions such as 22/7 and other rational numbers are commonly used to approximate π. The digits appear to be randomly distributed. In particular, the digit sequence of π is conjectured to satisfy a specific kind of statistical randomness, but to date, no proof of this has been discovered. Also, π is a transcendental number; that is, a number that is not the root of any non-zero polynomial having rational coefficients. This transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge.”