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    Mathematicians have attempted to extend their understanding of p For thousands of years. The earliest written approximations of p are found in Egypt and Babylon. As of 2013, p has over 12 trillion digits. And counting.

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    Mathematicians have attempted to extend their understanding of p For thousands of years. The earliest written approximations of p are found in Egypt and Babylon. As of 2013, p has over 12 trillion digits. And counting.

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    Mathematicians have attempted to extend their understanding of p For thousands of years. The earliest written approximations of p are found in Egypt and Babylon. As of 2013, p has over 12 trillion digits. And counting.

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    DoyouknowwhatPiis?No,notlikepumpkinpie.WellletmetellyouastoryaboutthisPi.

    Forthousandsofyears,mathematicianshaveattemptedtoextendtheirunderstandingof.

    TheearliestwrittenapproximationsofarefoundinEgyptandBabylon.TheGreatPyramidat
    Giza,constructedc.
    25892566BC,wasbuiltwithaperimeterequalto2.

    Somesaythatthepyramidbuildershadknowledgeofanddeliberatelydesignedthepyramid
    toincorporatetheproportionsofacircle.ButPiasweknowittodaycomesfromtheGreeks,
    thesepeopledescribedthisnumber.

    TheGreekssaidthatwhenacirclehasaradiusof1,thedistancehalfwayaroundthecircleis
    Pi,or3.14159265andsoon.TheratioofacirclescircumferencetoitsdiameterisPi.These
    GreekpeopledecidedtosymbolizePias.Piisirrational.

    Beforethe15thcentury,mathematicianssuchasArchimedesandLiuHuitriedtoestimatethe
    valueof.Asof2013,hasover12trilliondigitsandcounting.Piinformsotherbranchesof
    sciencesuchascosmology,numbertheory,statistics,fractals,thermodynamics,mechanicsand
    electromagnetism.

    Piisendless.Piisinfinite.

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