Monday, March 3, 2014

Definition

Pi (Greek letter “π”) is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.  It is an irrational and transcendental number, so it will continue infinitely without repetition or pattern. 

One Million Digits of Pi

http://www.piday.org/million/  

Reciting Pi's Digits

Akira Haraguchi recited pi to 100,000 decimal places in over 16 hours, breaking his personal record of 83,431 digits set in 1995.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/10/04/japanese-man-recites-first-100000-digits-pi/

Feynman Point

At position 763 of pi there are six nines in a row. This is known as the Feynman Point.

Pi Numbers

There are no occurrences of the sequence 123456 in the first million digits of pi.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/031413-pi-facts-267704.html

Pi's Length

If you printed a billion decimal values of pi in ordinary font it would stretch from New York City to Kansas.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/interesting-facts-about-pi.html