One of the most important numbers in math might today be named after the Greek letter π or “pi”, but the convention of representing it this way actually doesn’t come from Greece at all. It comes from ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—for mathematicians, anyway. Pi Day is Friday, March 14. The relatively new holiday is a celebration of the mathematical calculation pi, or the infinite number ...

What if Pi Day, perhaps the best known mathematical holiday, was actually better celebrated in the summer? Currently falling on March 14 — 3/14, in honor of the first three digits of the infamous ...

Happy Pi Day! Cheers to black female mathematicians. Today, March 14 (3/14), marks the annual celebration because the date represents the first three digits of the mathematical constant π (pi), ...

Pi Day presents a special opportunity to eat pie and talk about favorite equations and other mathematical uses of Pi. Here's three examples from previous years showcasing Duke faculty discussing why ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- It’s Pi Day, so we went to Mike's Pies in Tampa to celebrate. While it's fun to eat pie on Pi Day, today is really all about numbers. Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to ...

The number represented by pi (π) is used in calculations whenever something round (or nearly so) is involved, such as for circles, spheres, cylinders, cones and ellipses. Its value is necessary to ...

SOUTHFIELD (CBS Detroit) - Mathematicians will celebrate Saturday's date, and those who struggled with high school math may shudder, as the world recognizes Pi Day March 14 (3-14). The date represents ...

Swiss researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden this week claimed a new world record for calculating the number of digits of pi – a staggering 62.8 trillion figures. By my estimate, ...

One of the most important numbers in math might today be named after the Greek letter π or “pi”, but the convention of representing it this way actually doesn’t come from Greece at all. It comes from ...