Posts Tagged: "Mathematician Zu Chongzhi"

World Pi Day: 3/14 — The Ongoing Mystery of Pi

Today is National and World Pi Day because the numbers of the day (3-14) match the first three digits for pi or , the Greek letter, 3.1415926535897…  Although most people think that  is relegated to just geometry and trigonometry, the number pervades all of mathematics and the natural sciences, even statistics.