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Pi Day

Austin TX For many years, I was a skeptic about Pi Day. Calendars seem arbitrary, susceptible to the whim of emperors. Pi seems constant. It is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter for any circle (in the Euclidean plane). A friend sent me a link to a NYTimes article this morning about Pi Day. The … Continue reading Pi Day

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π

Barton Springs PoolAustin TX2013/06/02 There are so many books, articles, websites, poems and cartoons about π; I considered not chalking it. I have been working on an upcoming post on Taylor series, but π just keeps saying, “Hey, after all I have done for you, will you please just spend some time with me?” So, here … Continue reading π