Math lovers celebrate March 14 as Pi Day, in honor of the irrational number pi. Pi, or π, is defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is an irrational number, meaning ...

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A Google employee has broken the world record for calculating pi just in time for the mind-bogglingly long number’s special day. Emma Haruka Iwao spent four months working on ...

A data storage company has decoded more than 100 trillion digits of pi — smashing the world record for calculating the never-ending number. Unraveling this hefty slice of pi required the equivalent ...

The proof resolves a nearly 80-year-old problem known as the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture. In doing so, it provides a final answer to a question that has preoccupied mathematicians since ancient times: ...

Math fans, celebrate. Today is Pi Day, a holiday that celebrates the world’s most famous irrational number. What are irrational numbers, you ask? As Penn State Berks professor Joni Queen describes ...

Pi Day is a favorite holiday for both food lovers and mathematicians. For the foodies, the reasoning is simple. Pi Day brings discounts and deals for people looking to grab a pizza to celebrate the ...

March 14 is affectionately known as “Pi Day,” as the date 3/14 calls to mind the irrational number Pi that is often shortened to simply 3.14. In honor of Pi Day, what if instead of calculating Pi by ...