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Happy Pi Day!
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themadchemist
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Lacero said:
I didn't know the answer either, but I was able to find a great link with a really good explanation.
For two weeks there were signs all over my school that said Happy Pi[e] Day for 3/14. It took me up until last week to figure out why. 😱
Apparently some cheerleaders started this day at our school. 🙄
Apparently some cheerleaders started this day at our school. 🙄
themadchemist
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themadchemist
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We basket weavers get to pick our patterns for each basket we weave. Maybe I'll start with one like this, with a tessellation pattern. At pages like that, I can read about directions of symmetry, compute the number of ways to tile a surface with a given pattern, measure the area of various geometric shapes, study Escher, and even hop over to a page about plane symmetry groups of wallpaper patterns (parallelogrammatic lattices, anyone?) -- all for the purpose of studying the theory of basket weaving. I'm sure glad I changed hobbies and don't have to all that math anymore. 😀Doctor Q said:
AmigoMac
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Now, that we go with math... 😉
have this:
Top ln(e^10) reasons why e is better than pi
10) e is easier to spell than pi.
9) pi ~= 3.14 while e ~=2.718281828459045.
8) The character for e can be found on a keyboard, but pi sure
can't.
7) Everybody fights for their piece of the pie.
6) ln(pi^1) is a really nasty number, but ln(e^1) = 1.
5) e is used in calculus while pi is used in baby geometry.
4) 'e' is the most commonly picked vowel in Wheel of Fortune.
3) e stands for Euler's Number, pi doesn't stand for squat.
2) You don't need to know Greek to be able to use e.
1) You can't confuse e with a food product.
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Top ten reasons why e is inferior to pi
10) e is less challenging to spell than pi.
9) e ~=2.718281828459045, which can be easily memorized to its
billionth place, whereas pi needs "skills" to be memorized.
8) The character for e is so cheap that it can be found on a
keyboard. But PI is special (it's under "special symbols" in
word processor programs.)
7) PI is the bigger piece of pie.
6) e has an easy limit definition and infinite series. The
limit definition of pi and the infinite series are much
harder.
5) e you understand what it is even though you start learning
it late when you're in pre-calculus. But pi, even after five
or six years it's still hard to know what it really is.
4) People mistakenly confuse Euler's Number (e) with Euler's
Constant (gamma). There is no confusion with the one and
only PI.
3) e is named after a person, but pi stands for itself.
2) Pi is much shorter and easier to say than "Euler's Number".
1) To read pi, you don't have to know that Euler's name is
really pronounced Oiler
have this:
Top ln(e^10) reasons why e is better than pi
10) e is easier to spell than pi.
9) pi ~= 3.14 while e ~=2.718281828459045.
8) The character for e can be found on a keyboard, but pi sure
can't.
7) Everybody fights for their piece of the pie.
6) ln(pi^1) is a really nasty number, but ln(e^1) = 1.
5) e is used in calculus while pi is used in baby geometry.
4) 'e' is the most commonly picked vowel in Wheel of Fortune.
3) e stands for Euler's Number, pi doesn't stand for squat.
2) You don't need to know Greek to be able to use e.
1) You can't confuse e with a food product.
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Top ten reasons why e is inferior to pi
10) e is less challenging to spell than pi.
9) e ~=2.718281828459045, which can be easily memorized to its
billionth place, whereas pi needs "skills" to be memorized.
8) The character for e is so cheap that it can be found on a
keyboard. But PI is special (it's under "special symbols" in
word processor programs.)
7) PI is the bigger piece of pie.
6) e has an easy limit definition and infinite series. The
limit definition of pi and the infinite series are much
harder.
5) e you understand what it is even though you start learning
it late when you're in pre-calculus. But pi, even after five
or six years it's still hard to know what it really is.
4) People mistakenly confuse Euler's Number (e) with Euler's
Constant (gamma). There is no confusion with the one and
only PI.
3) e is named after a person, but pi stands for itself.
2) Pi is much shorter and easier to say than "Euler's Number".
1) To read pi, you don't have to know that Euler's name is
really pronounced Oiler
themadchemist
macrumors 68030
AmigoMac said:
Untrue! While there is only one constant with the symbol pi of which I know, pi is also used as a symbol for osmotic pressure or some such, if I am not mistaken. So ha! While e is only used for e, pi is tricky and confusing like a big ball of tricky...confuse-y...stuff...Yeah...You heard me.
Coolnat2004
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cycocelica
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amateurmacfreak
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cyberddot
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I was subjected to Kate Bush singing a song with many? all? some of Pie? listed today on my way in to work. If ever there was a song to celebrate Pi Day to, I'd have to guess that would have to rank up there in the top 100.
I might recommend the movie "Pi" to some, but say nothing of it to others.
"Life of Pi" is worth a read.
Happy Pi Day.
I might recommend the movie "Pi" to some, but say nothing of it to others.
"Life of Pi" is worth a read.
Happy Pi Day.