{"id":375,"date":"2009-03-14T22:44:58","date_gmt":"2009-03-14T22:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2009-04-14T01:51:56","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T01:51:56","slug":"its-official-the-us-has-a-pi-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/its-official-the-us-has-a-pi-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Official the US has a Pi (?) Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pi:<\/a>My husband and I have always had a soft spot in our hearts for March 14 — Pi Day (3.14…). We also get a giggle out of 3:14 if we happen to notice it — Pi o’clock. Okay, we’re definitely a geeky couple and have some strange ways of getting pleasure out of a day.<\/p>\n

But it seems we’re not the only ones who enjoy a good math moment in our lives. CNet news reports in Politics and Law National Pi Day? Congress makes it official<\/a>. The Library of Congress: Thomas has information about the law<\/a> and a list of the sponsors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s not going to be a national holiday or anything. It just gives the day recognition as being a bit special. So, for you geeks out there, we’ll finally have some recognition for one of our favorite mathematical and physical constants usually represented as being: 3.14159265… You can read about PI at Wikipedia<\/a>. But basically Pi is<\/p>\n

Pi, Greek letter (π), is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi = 3.1415926535…
\nFrom: The Offical Pi Day Website<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or from the Math Forum<\/a>:<\/p>\n

By definition, pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is always the same number, no matter which circle you use to compute it.<\/p>\n

For the sake of usefulness people often need to approximate pi. For many purposes you can use 3.14159, which is really pretty good, but if you want a better approximation you can use a computer to get it. Here’s pi to many more digits: 3.14159265358979323846.<\/p>\n

The area of a circle is pi times the square of the length of the radius, or “pi r squared”: A = pi*r^2<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But for me I just enjoy the silliness of having a time of day and a day per year that manages to represent a famous mathematical and physical constant. What about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My husband and I have always had a soft spot in our hearts for March 14 — Pi Day (3.14…). We also get a giggle out of 3:14 if we happen to notice it — Pi o’clock. Okay, we’re definitely a geeky couple and have some strange ways of getting pleasure out of a day. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,21,25],"tags":[418,140,139],"class_list":["post-375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-politics","category-science","tag-education","tag-mathematics","tag-pi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t