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Pi
A Brief History
History of pi (                        )

 Pi is a very old number. We know that the Egyptians and
the Babylonians knew about the existence of the constant
ratio pi, although they didn't know its value nearly as well
  as we do today. They had figured out that it was a little
bigger than 3; the Babylonians had an approximation of 3
   1/8 (3.125), and the Egyptians had a somewhat worse
  approximation of 4*(8/9)^2 (about 3.160484), which is
    slightly less accurate and much harder to work with.
Why pi?

Pi (rather than some other Greek letter like
Alpha or Omega) was chosen as the letter
    to represent the number 3.141592...
         because the letter [ ] in
     Greek, pronounced like our letter
          'p', stands for 'perimeter'.
Brief History of Pi
What is       ?

  The ratio of the
circumference of a
    circle to its    Circumference
     diameter.           diameter
3.14 and Beyond…
3. 141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944
592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647
093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559
644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165
271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273
724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360
011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953
092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724
891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737
                                                                  The numbers to
190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132
000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901
224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960
                                                                  the right of the 3
864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951
059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035
261931188171010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303
                                                                  never repeat in a
598253490428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532
171226806613001927876611195909216420198938095257201065485863
278865936153381827968230301952035301852968995773622599413891
                                                                       pattern.
249721775283479131515574857242454150695950829533116861727855
889075098381754637464939319255060400927701671139009848824012
858361603563707660104710181942955596198946767837449448255379
774726847104047534646208046684259069491293313677028989152104
752162056966024058038150193511253382430035587640247496473263
914199272604269922796782354781636009341721641219924586315030
286182974555706749838505494588586926995690927210797509302955
321165344987202755960236480665499119881834797753566369807426
542527862551818417574672890977772793800081647060016145249192
173217214772350141441973568548161361157352552133475741849468
438523323907394143334547762416862518983569485562099219222184
272550254256887671790494601653466804988627232791786085784383
Fun Facts about
Hiroyuki Goto, 21, the current world record
holder for the most digits of Pi
memorized, required over nine hours to recite
42000+ digits

The modern symbol for pi was first used in our
modern sense in 1706 by William Jones

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th
Humor
“Probably no symbol in
  mathematics has evoked as
             much
mystery, romanticism, misconc
 eption and human interest as
        the number pi.”
  William L. Schaaf, Nature and History of Pi

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History of pi

  • 2. History of pi ( ) Pi is a very old number. We know that the Egyptians and the Babylonians knew about the existence of the constant ratio pi, although they didn't know its value nearly as well as we do today. They had figured out that it was a little bigger than 3; the Babylonians had an approximation of 3 1/8 (3.125), and the Egyptians had a somewhat worse approximation of 4*(8/9)^2 (about 3.160484), which is slightly less accurate and much harder to work with.
  • 3. Why pi? Pi (rather than some other Greek letter like Alpha or Omega) was chosen as the letter to represent the number 3.141592... because the letter [ ] in Greek, pronounced like our letter 'p', stands for 'perimeter'.
  • 5. What is ? The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its Circumference diameter. diameter
  • 6. 3.14 and Beyond… 3. 141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944 592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647 093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559 644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165 271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273 724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360 011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953 092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724 891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737 The numbers to 190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132 000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901 224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960 the right of the 3 864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951 059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035 261931188171010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303 never repeat in a 598253490428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532 171226806613001927876611195909216420198938095257201065485863 278865936153381827968230301952035301852968995773622599413891 pattern. 249721775283479131515574857242454150695950829533116861727855 889075098381754637464939319255060400927701671139009848824012 858361603563707660104710181942955596198946767837449448255379 774726847104047534646208046684259069491293313677028989152104 752162056966024058038150193511253382430035587640247496473263 914199272604269922796782354781636009341721641219924586315030 286182974555706749838505494588586926995690927210797509302955 321165344987202755960236480665499119881834797753566369807426 542527862551818417574672890977772793800081647060016145249192 173217214772350141441973568548161361157352552133475741849468 438523323907394143334547762416862518983569485562099219222184 272550254256887671790494601653466804988627232791786085784383
  • 7. Fun Facts about Hiroyuki Goto, 21, the current world record holder for the most digits of Pi memorized, required over nine hours to recite 42000+ digits The modern symbol for pi was first used in our modern sense in 1706 by William Jones Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th
  • 9. “Probably no symbol in mathematics has evoked as much mystery, romanticism, misconc eption and human interest as the number pi.” William L. Schaaf, Nature and History of Pi