Mathematicians And Diners Prepare For Ultimate Pi Day

CBS Detroit ^ | March 13, 2015 | Edward Cardenas

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Amateurs, all amateurs. A “real” pie day would consist of a slice of Strawberry, Apple, French Apple, Blueberry, Cherry, Peach, Pineapple, Boston Cream, Lemon, Key Lime and Chocolate Cream pie. A la mode for the Apple, if you want.

Anything less is lower than the Ted Mack Amateur Hour.

[Hot Tabasco]

Math is perspective.

Math is not my friend. Geometry and Trigonometry are communist enemies.........

[fanfan]

I’d go for blueberry phi. :-)

[fanfan]

enemies of communism?

[mikrofon]

Pi in the Sky

[Hot Tabasco]

enemies of communism?

Commie Geometry got my butt whipped because I flunked it......and to this day, there has never been a day in my life where I had to rely on it.........

So my butt got whipped for nothing other than communism.......

[taxcontrol]

Professor: Pi R square
Student: No, Pie are not square. Pie are round

[Steve_Seattle]

I wonder if Shari’s will offer free pie on that day.

[Tripoli]

student: no. cake are square, pie are round

[Steve_Seattle]

I thought pi was normally rounded to 3.1416, which would make next year the big year.

[SunkenCiv]

You seem a little crusty. /rimshot

[Steve_Seattle]

"Most people seem to know pi is 3.14... but have no idea that it solves an actual equation or how it’s derived."

Most people over the age of 50, maybe, but I wouldn't bet that more than 20% of the man-on-the-street could tell you what the value of pi is. As for how it's derived, you'd probably have to be a professional mathematician to do a good job of explaining it. All I know is that it's used in measuring the circumference of a circle by multiplying it by the diameter of the circle (I think). And I think pi times radius squared equals the area of a circle. But my geometry class was about 50 years ago, so don't shoot me if I'm wrong.

[Larry Lucido]

In Japan it will be celebrated on 2031 April 15. :-)

[Axenolith]

Actually, it’ll happen twice tomorrow for users of the 12 hour clock :-)

[P.O.E.]

I say we round off Pi to 3

We’ve already rounded off an infinite number of decimal places, what’s a few more.

[P.O.E.]

BTTT 3/14/15 9:26 (Eastern)

[treetopsandroofs]

I'll bet you're right.

Correct. Area of a circle = the value of pi times radius squared.

Pi = Circumference divided by Diameter.

I often know diameter but need to know circumference.

The Pi Pie:

[Joe 6-pack]

My favorite pies (in order):

1. rhubarb
2. cherry
3. blueberry
4. pumpkin

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[JoeFromSidney]

Most people seem to know pi is 3.14... but have no idea that it solves an actual equation or how it’s derived.

Pi is not the solution to an equation, i.e., it is not the root of a polynomial with rational coefficients. It is a so-called "transcendental number." It is calculated by successive approximation, summing a series. When digital computers were first introduced, one of the first applications was calculating Pi to several hundred decimal places, simply "because."