Today is Pi Day! See interesting facts about numbers and dates

Among the many strange or curious commemorative dates, one becomes famous with each passing year. This is “Pi Day”, which is celebrated today (March 14) by institutions associated with science, especially physics.and by people interested in the subject.

If you’re still wondering what we’re talking about, let’s try to clarify what exactly “Pi Day” is. First of all, remember that Pi belongs to irrational numbers and has an infinite number of decimal places.

Anyone who still remembers Maths or Physics lessons at school should remember Pi, usually represented by the Greek letter π. He is nothing but this A constant value found when we divide the size of a circle’s circumference by its diameter. The name of the constant is given by the Greek word. περ?μετροςor environment and was created by William Jones in 1706.

How much is Pi worth?

The value pi belongs to irrational numbers and has an infinite number of decimal places since it is not a perfect division. Pi to the three hundredth decimal place has the following value:

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749444592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647 0 938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712 0 1 909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273

Yep… Doing the math with all these numbers is pretty complicated and annoying. It is therefore customary to round the value of Pi to a much smaller number of decimal places. Also, only 3.14 is used in mathematics lessons when there is no need for great precision, as in school calculations.

Where did “Pi Day” begin?

Like the United States, they use a date system in which the month is written before the day, unlike most Western countries. Americans tied the date March 14 (3/14 there) to the value of Pi and eventually created the commemorative date. The person who organized the first official celebration of the day in 1988 was physicist Larry Shaw, who was then working at the San Francisco Exploratorium museum.

Recognition of the date has increased over time, with more and more people using this day to celebrate science, and especially mathematics.

In 2009, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution recognizing March 14 as National Pi Day. And since 2010, Google has found a way to honor the occasion with a Google Doodle or some other action featuring the theme.

‘Not everyone loves the day dedicated to honoring Pi’

Some people criticize history for a specific reason: The day is meaningful only in the United States, where records place the number of the month before the day, creating 3.14.

In the rest of the Americas and Europe we continue with 3/14, but the influence of North America is undeniable and the celebration has spread beyond its borders to be celebrated in many parts of the world.

An interesting curiosity about Pi Day is that the name of the constant in the English pronunciation results in one word: Pi, just like the English word, is also spoken as “father”. pie, which means pie. That’s why things often go together: you can see various photos of institutes or universities celebrating Pi Day around numerous and appetizing cakes.

The tragic incident that happened with Stephen Hawking on “Pi Day”

A sad event in 2018 resulted in the celebration of Pi Day and, for better or worse, made the date even more meaningful. March 14 will now be remembered as the day Stephen Hawking passed awayphysicist and cosmologist with a unique expression in the scientific community.

He was 76 years old. The same day had previously been commemorated in memory of a great scientist: it was the birth anniversary of none other than Albert Einstein.

So, will you celebrate Pi Day too? Keep an eye on here TecMundo Stay up to date on this and many other dates related to the world of science, technology, markets and security. Take the opportunity to understand Planet Pi, which orbits its star every 3.14 days. To the next one!

This text was first published on 14.03.2018 and updated in 2024.