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Article #93Re: Pi day
From: Aaron J. Dinkin
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 00:00
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In article <1997032119070310741@isdn78.hrz.uni-siegen.de>, holger_s@studm.hrz.uni-siegen.de (Kuddel) wrote: >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? This isn't just a humor group thing - Pi Day was actually observed in numerous elemantary schools. And it's 3.14, people. Not 3/14. And the 22d of July is 7/22. -Aaron J. Dinkin Dr. Whom
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f458d,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf458d,public X-Google-Thread: f7972,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7972,public X-Google-Thread: 1130d6,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1130d6,public X-Google-Thread: 109d8a,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid109d8a,public X-Google-Thread: 10d67e,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d67e,public X-Google-Thread: 1077c2,30fff994c7ddd7d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1077c2,public From: adinkin@commschool.org (Aaron J. Dinkin) Subject: Re: Pi day Date: 1997/03/26 Message-ID: <adinkin-ya023180002603971430550001@news.usa1.com> X-Deja-AN: 228564190 References: <8WRuzAAXBILzEwKP@ward-hull.demon.co.uk> <1997032119070310741@isdn78.hrz.uni-siegen.de> Newsgroups: uk.education.maths,alt.uu.math.misc,aus.mathematics,can.schoolnet.math.sr,alt.math.recreational,sci.math