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Happy Pi Day 2013

March 14, 2013 GB High School Mathematics

It’s March 14 (3.14) and its Pi Day.

Pi Day is an annual celebration of $\pi$ the most popular mathematical constant. Larry Shaw of San Francisco Exploratorium led the first large celebration of Pi Day in 1988, and since then it has spread all over the world.

Pi Pie (via Wikipedia)

To know more about $\pi$ , you might want to read my posts about it.

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The Musical Beauty of Tau

July 18, 2012 GB Miscellaneous

Recently, there is a movement of giving attention to tau ( $\tau$ ), a mathematical constant which is approximately $6.28$ or exactly $2 \pi$ . I want to write about it, but I am quite tired now, so maybe, I’ll write about it later. For now, join me and let us listen to the beautiful music of $\tau$ , a musical interpretation of the constant’s digits.

The piece was performed by “Pi Song” musician Michael Blake.

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