Thursday, 6 November 2008

Ludolph's number by any other name

would be circular constantArchimedes' constant, or, of course: π

Tuesday, 4 November 2008

Pi is irrational

Because π is an irrational number, its decimal expansion never ends and does not repeat. This infinite sequence of digits has fascinated mathematicians and laymen alike, and much effort over the last few centuries has been put into computing more digits and investigating the number's properties.[15] Despite much analytical work, and supercomputer calculations that have determined over 1 trillion digits of π, no simple pattern in the digits has ever been foun

Monday, 3 November 2008

Pi: 2

Pi in Binary: 11.00100100001111110110…
Pi in Hexadecimal: 3.243F6A8885A308D31319…

Sunday, 2 November 2008

Pi to Fifty

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510

Number Distribution
0: 2
1: 5
2: 5
3: 8
4: 4
5: 5
6: 4
7: 4
8: 5
9: 8