Pi Day

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Pi Day

Larry Shaw, the organizer of the first Pi Day celebration at

the Exploratorium in San Francisco

Significance

3, 1, and 4 are the three most significant figures of

Celebrations

Pie eating, discussions about[1]

Date

March 14

Next time

March 14, 2016

Frequency

annual

Related to

Pi Approximation Day

Pi Pie at Delft University

Part of a series of articles on the

mathematical constant

Uses

Area of disk
Circumference
Use in other formulae

Properties
Irrationality
Transcendence

Value
Less than 22/7
Approximations
Memorization

People
Archimedes
Liu Hui
Zu Chongzhi
Aryabhata
Madhava
Ludolph van Ceulen
Seki Takakazu
Takebe Katahiro
William Jones
John Machin
William Shanks
John Wrench
Chudnovsky brothers
Yasumasa Kanada

History
Chronology
Book
In culture
Legislation
Holiday
Related topics
Squaring the circle
Basel problem
Feynman point
Other topics related to

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant (pi). Pi Day is observed on March
14 (3/14 in the month/day date format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of .[2]
[3][4][5]
In 2009, the United States House of Representativessupported the designation of Pi Day.[6]
Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22 (22/7 in the day/month date format), since
the fraction 227 is a commonapproximation of , which is accurate to two decimal places and
dates from Archimedes.[7]