Why We Celebrate Pi

"First thousand digits of pi." by Tom Murphy - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_thousand_digits_of_pi..jpg#/media/File:First_thousand_digits_of_pi..jpg

“First thousand digits of pi.” by Tom Murphy – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_thousand_digits_of_pi..jpg#/media/File:First_thousand_digits_of_pi..jpg

Pi has fascinated and challenged us for thousands of years.  Its ubiquity continues to delight and astound us.  Even though the number of digits of Pi has been determined beyond any practical use, mathematicians continue to calculate more digits.   In this session, a short history of Pi as well as some fun facts about the most famous constant in civilization will be presented.

Dr. Kent Sun will present this Lunch and Learn on Thursday, April 23 @ 11:00AM in the Honors Conference Room, PIC 142. To RSVP for this event, please contact [email protected] by noon on Wednesday, April 22 to reserve your pizza and your seat! Since this is one of the last Lunch & Learns of the year, be sure to register early!

 

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