Mathematician Carlos Castillo-Chavez says that pi is so important to math that using its simple, geometric definition denies its greater powers. "[Pi] brings you into the world of mathematics, which ...

Mathematician Carlos Castillo-Chavez says that pi is so important to math that using its simple, geometric definition denies its greater powers. "[Pi] brings you into the world of mathematics, which ...

Ramanujan’s elegant formulas for calculating pi, developed more than a century ago, have unexpectedly resurfaced at the heart ...

Pi is an introduction to the extraordinary mystery of math, say some. Others say pi is not special and needs to be reformed. On Pi Day, Let's Gawk At The Beauty And Controversy Of The Math Constant ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University plans to celebrate National Pi Day and an historical refute of an Indiana bill to change the mathematical constant that would have left a sour taste in ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Math enthusiasts around the world, from college students to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day, which is March 14 or 3/14 — the first three digits of an infinite number ...

20160314_me_math_enthusiasts_find_pi_pops_up_in_the_most_unexpected_places.mp3 Listen • 1:51 20160314_me_math_enthusiasts_find_pi_pops_up_in_the_most_unexpected_places.mp3 Mathematician Carlos ...

It's Pi Day, the day regular people gawk at the brilliance and beauty of a mathematical constant. We focus on why pi still captures our imagination thousands of years after it was first calculated.