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Article #89Re: Pi day
From: Martin Ward
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00
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In article <1997032119070310741@isdn78.hrz.uni-siegen.de>, Kuddel <holger_s@studm.hrz.uni-siegen.de> writes >Martin Ward <martin@ward-hull.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Pi day >> >> I saw a posting in one of the humour groups to the effect that 14 March >> is Pi Day because 3/14 was a good approximation to pi. Someone had >> replied that 3/14 was closer to 0.2142857... > >Pi can be approximated by 22/7 (that's what the anciet Greeks did, when >they build wheels) So we 22nd of July should be the Pi day, shouldn't >it? > >Yours sincerly Kuddel Yes, that's what I said! You must have missed the origin posting (or much of it) Kuddel. I will email a copy to you. -- Best wishes Martin Ward _________________________________________________________________________ "When *I* use a word", Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less". "The question is", said Alice, "whether you *can* make words mean so many different things". "The question is", said Humpty-Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all". "Through the Looking-Glass" - Lewis Carroll. _________________________________________________________________________ Turnpike evaluation. For Turnpike information, mailto:info@turnpike.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f458d,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf458d,public X-Google-Thread: 109d8a,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid109d8a,public X-Google-Thread: f7972,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7972,public X-Google-Thread: 10d67e,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d67e,public X-Google-Thread: 1130d6,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1130d6,public X-Google-Thread: 1077c2,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1077c2,public From: Martin Ward <martin@ward-hull.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Pi day Date: 1997/03/22 Message-ID: <mMwIlQANfyMzEwRk@ward-hull.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 227505671 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: ward-hull.demon.co.uk References: <8WRuzAAXBILzEwKP@ward-hull.demon.co.uk> Organization: . Newsgroups: uk.education.maths,alt.uu.math.misc,aus.mathematics,can.schoolnet.math.sr,alt.math.recreational,sci.math