Pi related anecdotes welcome. Remember, Indiana never officially adopted any particular value for Pi, but became close to legislating one.
Archimedes was the first to approximate Pi as an infinite series.
Johann Heinrich Lambert proved that Pi was irrational in 1768, though it had been suspected to be for a millenium.
Ferdinand von Lindemann in 1882 proved that Pi was transcendental in 1882.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
3.14 something-or-other....
2 posted on
03/14/2010 10:24:08 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Every day is "Pi" day for me.
3 posted on
03/14/2010 10:25:48 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Happy 3.14159265358793.... to you too!
4 posted on
03/14/2010 10:25:59 AM PDT by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
6 posted on
03/14/2010 10:27:22 AM PDT by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(3V3Ry71N' 084M4 D03z 83N3f17Z MU5l1mz. c01NC1d3nc3?)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
In Europe they celebrate PI day on 22 July. I am not sure I get this. The only thing I can figure out is that 22 divided by 7 is a close approximation to pi. Some other explanation?
7 posted on
03/14/2010 10:28:06 AM PDT by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
In Europe they celebrate PI day on 22 July. 22/7 = 3.142857..., which is off target. Pi is actually 3.1416128...
10 posted on
03/14/2010 10:30:33 AM PDT by
rfp1234
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Bad joke by our 7th grade math teacher:
“What’s blue and is between 3 and 4? Blueberry Pi.”
11 posted on
03/14/2010 10:32:39 AM PDT by
rfp1234
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I thought it was about Private Investigators. Rockford Files Rules...so did Mannix.
19 posted on
03/14/2010 10:41:21 AM PDT by
Yorlik803
(better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Today is also men’s Valentines Day.
It’s not real family friendly but google “march 14”
It has something to do with steak.
20 posted on
03/14/2010 10:41:31 AM PDT by
Gun142
(Where Will You Be When You Get Where You're Going? -- Jerry Clower)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
How come they celebrate PI Day on 22 July?
24 posted on
03/14/2010 10:47:11 AM PDT by
Lady Jag
(Get rich... Fire the government)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
“E to the X, Dx, Dx
E to the Y, Dy
Tangent, secant, cosign, sign
three point one four one five nine
Disintegate them RPI”
Hockey chant for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute circa 1932.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Bump
3.14....
29 posted on
03/14/2010 10:54:15 AM PDT by
Fiddlstix
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Yay!
(Attempting to post at 3/14 1:59)
31 posted on
03/14/2010 10:59:10 AM PDT by
ctdonath2
(+)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Mmmmmm - green beer!
55 posted on
03/14/2010 11:57:06 AM PDT by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
62 posted on
03/14/2010 12:12:33 PM PDT by
Ellendra
(Can't starve us out, and you can't make us run. . . -Hank Jr.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Ferdinand von Lindemann in 1882 proved that Pi was transcendental in 1882. So it wasn't transcendental before or after 1882? ;-)
BTW, there's a small utility, SuperPi, that you can use to assess your CPU processing power. My Core2Duo E8200 needs 52 sec to calculate 2M digits of Pi. Have at it, fans!
70 posted on
03/14/2010 1:06:18 PM PDT by
Moltke
(DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
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