Dear Readers,

Today I, and people everywhere who like the beauty of mathematics, celebrate the official ‘pi day’. It is March 14th, every year. Why, you may ask; because March 14 is 3/14.

So in honor of every-one’s favorite irrational number, this post is henceforth dedicated in every respect to π (pi).

Firstly, I’ll explain what pi is, and how we use it. Pi is an irrational number, that is roughly equal to 22/7 (twenty-two sevenths). We use pi to calculate a large assortment of things. We use it to find the circumference of a circle. We do this by doing 2πr (said: Two pi r)This means we multiply the radius times 2 and pi. To find the area of a circle do: πr² (said: pi r squared).

Secondly, you should know the history of pi. The symbol was first used by William Jones, in the year of 1706.

Thirdly, without further ado I present to you the first 1100 digits of pi:

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1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209 7494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651 3282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102 7019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461 2847564823378678316527120190914564856692346034861045432 6648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920 9628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841 4695194151160943305727036575959195309218611738193261179 3105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011 9491298336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798 6094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513200056 8127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901 2249534301465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290 2196086403441815981362977477130996051870721134999999837 2978049951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522 3082533446850352619311881710100031378387528865875332083 8142061717766914730359825349042875546873115956286388235 3787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909 2164201989380952572010654858632788659361533818279682303 0195203530185296899577362259941389124972177528347913151 5574857242454150695950829533116861727855889075098381754

This is nothing! Someone calculated it to a trillion with the help of computers!

Here are some fantastic liks for your future pi research and entertainment.

http://www.piday.org the official website of pi day.

http://www.piday.org/million.php this is awesome! First million digits of pi!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_day Pi day article on wikipidia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi Article on wikipedia about pi

Pun: What do you call a pumpkin divided by it’s radius squared? Pumpkin pi.

Aaron (AKA POCKY HATER.)

Trivia: What is the letter before pi in the Greek alphabet? Omicron.