The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of February, and compiled by Manan, is now online at Math Misery. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information.
A geometrical approximation for π
If you were paying very close attention last week, you’ll have noticed my attempt to come up with an estimate of π, geometrically, as part of The Aperiodical’s π Day challenge (even if it’s not really π Day): Oo, my second effort at estimating π came to 3.14151, correct to 0.003%! cc @aperiodical pic.twitter.com/2vuvys0mka — Colin Beveridge…
Pi Day 2015: The Aperiodical goes π mad
You may have noticed that here at The Aperiodical, we’ve been posting exciting π-related items all week – and here’s a list of them all, collected into one handy place. Enjoy!
π and constrained writing
It’s a tool; a ratio, providing us simple rules for doing circular estimates. Admired regularly – and we all remember that today’s pi! Hooray! Let’s eat pie. You may have noticed that the first paragraph of this article was immensely poorly written, and didn’t sound like good writing at all. And you’d be right –…
Interesting π Esoterica
My way of celebrating π day is to rummage through my trove of obscure writings and dig up some interesting esoterica on the subject of that constant. Here’s what I found. In case you’re new to this: every now and then I encounter a paper or a book or an article that grabs my interest but isn’t directly…
Pi Day on Twitter
We can’t hope to keep up with all the π action around the internet today, so here’s a live stream of #piday tweets. #piday Tweets
I bought three.onefouronefivenine.com
I’m a big fan of novelty domain names: I once bought hotmathematicians.com just so that christian@hotmathematicians.com could be my corresponding address when I submitted a paper. That domain has expired, but my love for one-shot novelty purchases has not! To celebrate π day this year, I decided that it should be possible to type a little…