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Pi is an irrational number that is most commonly approximated by the decimal 3.14.
It’s a special day for mathematicians who want to honor Albert Einstein. Every year on March 14th, Pi Day is observed to commemorate the mathematical constant Pi. It is also Einstein’s birthday, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest physicists of all time.
Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, on Pi day.
What exactly is Pi Day?
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 each year to honor the mathematical constant Pi (). When written in month/day format (3/14), the date matches the first three digits of the mathematical constant.
Pi Day has its own website, which defines the mathematical constant as the circumference to diameter ratio of a circle.
Pi’s interesting facts
Pi is an irrational number that is most commonly approximated by the decimal 3.14 or the fraction 22/7.
It has piqued the interest of people all over the world for over 4,000 years. Many mathematicians, including well-known figures such as Fibonacci, Newton, Leibniz, and Gauss, have labored over Pi, calculating its digits and applying it to a variety of fields.
Pi is mentioned in Egyptian mythology. Egyptians believed that the Giza Pyramids were built on the principles of pi.
History
Archimedes of Syracuse was the first to calculate the value of Pi. When Leonhard Euler used the symbol of Pi in 1737, it was later accepted by the scientific community.
Larry Shaw, an American physicist, observed the first Pi Day in 1988. On this day, people eat pie and compete in races as part of the festivities.
Every year, mathematicians celebrate Pi Day with Pi recital competitions and Pi Day workouts to encourage students to learn and practice mathematics.
