Divide the circumference of a baseball by its diameter and you get 3.14. Divide the circumference of Earth by its diameter and you get 3.14. Divide the circumference of a pizza, coin or, well, pie and ...

It is once again Pi Day (March 14—which is like the first digits of pi: 3 and 14). Before getting into this year's celebration of pi, let me just summarize some of the most important things about this ...

A growing minority believes it’s a mistake to tie so many mathematical formulas to the famed 3.14... value. Another value, ...

Egyptians believed that the pyramids of Giza were like math marvels, built on the principles of pi. The fun fact about this pi connection? Well, imagine this: The height of each pyramid concurs with ...

Editor's Note: To honor math and all who use it, UDaily is re-posting a Pi Day story from 2018. March 14 is Pi Day. You’re welcome to eat pie, too, but the day is more of a celebration of math. A ...

Today is Pi Day. You know, March 14. 3/14 is sort of like 3.14. Get it? OK, it's a bit of a stretch because 3/14 looks like a fraction and not Pi. Whatever. We still call it Pi Day. Even if the date ...

The number represented by pi (π) is used in calculations whenever something round (or nearly so) is involved, such as for circles, spheres, cylinders, cones and ellipses. Its value is necessary to ...

Image made with elements from Canva. It’s March 14, or Pi Day, that day of the year where we celebrate the ratio that makes a circle a circle. The Greek letter that represents it is such a part of our ...

March 14—aka Pi Day—isn’t just for math nerds. It’s the one day a year where we celebrate the magic of the number π (pi), which starts at 3.14 and goes on forever. But Pi Day isn’t just about ...

If robots do take over one day, humans may be obliged to celebrate all sorts of holidays dedicated to mathematical constants that interest our AI overlords. For now we mark only a few such days, ...