Comments on: Celebrating Pi Day (and other magical numbers)

By: joek

joek — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:24:27 +0000

The really maddening thing about pi is the paradox that it can not be represented by the ratio of two whole numbers, and yet its definition is that it is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. This drives me nuts.

By: raghuramayya

raghuramayya — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:09:52 +0000

the fraction 2143/22 gives the fourth power of pi upto eight decimal places…( a discovery of Ramanujan, a mathmatical prodigy) we could think of using this pi equivalent to celebrate pi as well as Ramanujan!

By: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi

Mahmoud Al-Qudsi — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:41:52 +0000

Technically, “Pi Approximation Days” aren’t “more approximate” than “Pi Day,” but they’re just not officially recognized….

For instance, July 22nd (22/7) is closer to the actual value of Pi than 3.14 is; and Nov 9/10th is just as equal to 3.14 as March 14th…. But we can’t have every day being Pi Day now, can we? No, of course not, that’d be giving mathematicians and scientists and engineers more credit than they’re worth now, wouldn’t it?

By: Karthik

Karthik — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:27:38 +0000

Wow, I didn’t realize that I was wearing a Pi T-shirt on the right day!

By: Nathan Clark

Nathan Clark — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:38:04 +0000

Since the world truly didn’t make sense before UNIX here are The REAL Pi Dates

3.141592653 seconds since epoch - 1 January 1970 00:00:03 AM
31.41592653 seconds since epoch - 1 January 1970 00:00:31 AM
314.1592653 seconds since epoch - 1 January 1970 00:05:14 AM
3141.592653 seconds since epoch - 1 January 1970 00:52:21 AM
31415.92653 seconds since epoch - 1 January 1970 8:43:35 AM
314159.2653 seconds since epoch - 4 January 1970 11:15:59 PM
3141592.653 seconds since epoch - 6 February 1970 4:39:52 AM
31415926.53 seconds since epoch - 30 December 1970 02:38:46 PM
314159265.3 seconds since epoch - 16 December 1979 03:27:45 AM
3141592653 seconds since epoch - 21 July 2069 10:37:33 AM

See 1970 was where it was at!

This confirms my Gen X theories that the Baby Boomers had all the fun and are going to ruin the Universe. They were far too stoned and impregnated to appreciate the many seconds of Pi’ish goodness that passed them by.

I was barely 2 years old when my Pi day came in 1979 and evaporated in a second. Now I have to be 90 years old to appreciate the next one?

The only thing I’m going to be appreciating in 2069 is my Depends Robotic Adult Diapers.

Damn you Baby Boomers. Damn you to a firey Hell where there is a continuous KC and the Sunshine Band soundtrack and many demons with pointy pitchforks, BUT YOU WOULD LIKE THAT WOULDN’T YOU, YOU SICK BAASTARDS!

Cheers
Clarky

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Quickies | Cosu — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:02:17 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:50:23 +0000

Sorry to be a pain here, but pi is quite easily understood by anyone: It is simply the ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference. The fact that it cannot be represented by an *integer* value has no bearing on the concept of its existence. It has been proven that integer values are a microscopic subset of the full set of all real numbers, so numbers like pi and e are actually more common than integers.

Personally I don’t see the irrationality of pi to be anything remarkable, its applications in so many areas of maths, particularly when using radian measure (as is necessary when doing most computations) is what makes it amazing. In particular, the Euler equation, or rather the relationship between pi and trigonometry is a good example of the remarkable properties of pi… the number of decimal places it has is kind of meh if you ask me. And just to add a note, the Euler equations only boils down to e^i*pi + 1 = 0 in radian measure, it is a simplification of the much more remarkable and useful: e^ix = cosx + isinx.

/rant

By: Corrie Sloot

Corrie Sloot — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:34:32 +0000

A happy pi day to us all; Archimedes bless us, every one!

By: pi symbol

pi symbol — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:05:12 +0000

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By: Carlos Th

Carlos Th — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:27:43 +0000

Yet, almost all irrational numbers are transcendental.

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By: Curtis

Curtis — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:14:39 +0000

“…if Pi were simply irrational, dealing with it would be so much easier (and “squaring the circle” would be possible).”

This is not true, in fact almost all algebraic numbers are NOT constructible.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:00:21 +0000

Whatever happened to eating Humble Pi or Hair Pi?

Everyone go home tonight and practice the latter and please your old ladies

By: Durandal

Durandal — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:58:58 +0000

While I abhor all measurements American (Imperial, MM/DD/YYYY etc), I think this date for Pi actually works. Let’s not see it as an American inspired date, but the logical date based on YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. Obviously, to be annual, we can’t use the YYYY portion, so starting with MM=3 and then moving down to DD=14, HH=15 etc etc, allows us to recognise a Pi-type anniversary date.

Perhaps there could be a competition to mark the most accurate moment of the anniversary, down to the nanosecond?