For all those who are slightly rusty on the math side, or those like me who are geeky and enjoy silly graphics, here is an animated gif illustrating what the proverbial 3.14159265358979323846…

 
 

Pi or π is one of the most important mathematical constants, approximately equal to 3.14159. It represents the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter in Euclidean geometry, which is the same as the ratio of a circle’s area to the square of its radius. Many formulas from mathematics, science, and engineering involve π.

 
 

Via: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi

 
 
Now can I have some pi pie?

 
 

Pi expressed in 500 digits, that’s 3. and 499 decimals is:

 

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751
05820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067
98214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812
84811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819
64428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909
14564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127
37245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643
67892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609
43305727036575959195309218611738193261179310511854
80744623799627495673518857527248912279381830119491

 

Here it is with 1,000,000 - yes A MILLION digits:  target=”_blank”>http://www.piday.org/million.php

 

International Pi day is 3/14 - you can find out more about it here: http://www.piday.org/

 
 
Now you know more about Pi!

- Stumble it!

 

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