It is once again Pi Day (March 14—which is like the first digits of pi: 3 and 14). Before getting into this year's celebration of pi, let me just summarize some of the most important things about this ...
So you have a circle. What is the area of that circle? Surely everyone remembers that the area of a circle is: Where Pi (π) is of course the number and r is the radius of the circle. Where does this ...
The number pi (π) appears in the most unlikely places. It can be found in circles, of course—as well as in pendulums, springs and river bends. This everyday number is linked to transcendental ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about mathematics and its applications The area and perimeter ratios are shown and as n, the number of sides, gets larger ...
Depending on your philosophical views on time and calendars and so on, today is something like the 4.5 billionth Pi Day that Earth has witnessed. But that long history is nothing compared to the ...