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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Google employee from Japan calculated the most accurate value of pi at 31 trillion digits and shattered the world record, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday, or "Pi Day." Emma Haruka ...

Yes, of course Emma Haruka Iwao ate some pie on Pi Day. It was apple, and it was good. But it’s her high-school teacher back in Japan who should have his mouth stuffed, or at least be eating his words ...

Swiss researchers said on Monday they had calculated the mathematical constant pi to a new world-record level of exactitude. The constant π is represented in this mosaic outside the Mathematics ...

Every year on March 14, the scientific community and the world at large celebrate Pi Day in recognition of the mathematical constant with their favorite slice of pie and other quirky Pi-related ...

Swiss researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden this week claimed a new world record for calculating the number of digits of pi—a staggering 62.8 trillion figures. By my estimate, ...

Pi has been sequenced to its two quadrillionth bit, and the value has been found to be zero. Yahoo engineer Tsz Wo Sze announced on his Apache developer page in August that using a MapReduce programe ...