Wikipedia - Pi Day
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New York Times - Pi Day: How One Irrational Number Made Us Modern
The famous mathematical ratio, estimated to more than 22 trillion digits (and counting), is the perfect symbol for our species’ long effort to tame infinity.
Denoted by the Greek letter π, this curious little number is approximately 3.14, although computers have calculated it out past 22 trillion digits and counting: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502…, a sequence never repeating, never betraying any pattern, going on forever, infinity on a platter.
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In the New York Times comments, I found the link to this mathematician's video:
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