Today's Specialty
Posted 14th March 2008 at 10:48 PM by sundarusha
Updated 26th March 2008 at 11:16 PM by sundarusha (Add line)
Updated 26th March 2008 at 11:16 PM by sundarusha (Add line)
Pi Day is held to celebrate the mathematical constant π (pi).
Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in American date format), due to π being equal to roughly 3.14. Sometimes it is celebrated on March 14 at 1:59 p.m. (commonly known as Pi Minute). If π is truncated to seven decimal places, it becomes 3.1415926, making March 14 at 1:59:26 p.m., Pi Second (or sometimes March 14, 1592 at 6:53:58 a.m.). Pi Approximation Day may be observed on any of several dates, most often July 22 (22/7 (European date format) is a popular approximation of π). March 14 also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday.
he above paragraph is courtesy of Wikipedia
HAPPY PI DAY
Pi is used to measure the area, circumference of a circle, cylinder or sphere.
The Egyptian pyramids were built using the value of Pi (22/7)
In Vedas, there is a mention of a sloka where the value of Pi is calculated by giving values to alphabets.
Usha
Motivation metaphor
Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in American date format), due to π being equal to roughly 3.14. Sometimes it is celebrated on March 14 at 1:59 p.m. (commonly known as Pi Minute). If π is truncated to seven decimal places, it becomes 3.1415926, making March 14 at 1:59:26 p.m., Pi Second (or sometimes March 14, 1592 at 6:53:58 a.m.). Pi Approximation Day may be observed on any of several dates, most often July 22 (22/7 (European date format) is a popular approximation of π). March 14 also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday.
he above paragraph is courtesy of Wikipedia
HAPPY PI DAY
Pi is used to measure the area, circumference of a circle, cylinder or sphere.
The Egyptian pyramids were built using the value of Pi (22/7)
In Vedas, there is a mention of a sloka where the value of Pi is calculated by giving values to alphabets.
Usha
Motivation metaphor
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 |  Thanks for the interesting information Usha. Maybe you should also write the beauty of Pi, The rotating numbers, how we find Pi in nature. HAppy blogging. and HAppy Pi day to you too  |
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| |  usha, Interesting information. as vidhya says, the application of pi in real life would have been more interesting. |
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| |  Thanks for your FB. I have added some more info. |
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| |  Very interesting .. About Pi day.. timely posting.. thanks for sharing.. also checked the link on sloka and how values where given.. mind boggling for me! |
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