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Garrett Eastman

The other irrational numbers we could celebrate instead of pi - Quartz - 8 views

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    "there are plenty of other infinite decimal (and infinitely useful) numbers to celebrate-Feb. 7 could have been e Day, for example, or Jan. 6, the Day of the Golden Ratio."
Garrett Eastman

The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On - 9 views

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    Published 2012
Garrett Eastman

The 'perfect chaos' of π - 9 views

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    "π has fascinated mathematicians, engineers and other people for centuries. It is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference (C) to its diameter (d); This also explains why and how this number got its name: the lowercase π was first adopted in 1706 as an abbreviation for this number because it is the first letter of the Greek for "perimeter", specifically of a circle." Introduces a video by Numberphile explaining more about the determination of π
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