Most of us can recall Pi to four or five digits, thanks to high school math, but now a team of Swiss scientists has broken the world record for calculating the mathematical constant. It took three and ...
Pi, a mathematical constant denoted by the Greek letter π, is the ratio of a circle's circumference C to its diameter d: π = C/d. The circumference of a circle is, in turn, equal to 2πr, where r is ...
March 14, 2018, is Pi Day — that’s pi, not pie — and on Wednesday, Google marks the 30th anniversary of the math-inspired holiday with a special Doodle. Pi, denoted by the Greek letter “π”, has been ...
"I know it will be called blasphemy by some, but I believe that pi is wrong." That's the opening line of a watershed essay written in 2001 by mathematician Bob Palais of the University of Utah. In "Pi ...