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He was born in 1304 and died in 1425, both in Sangamagrama of Kerala. He was considered to be the founder of the Kerala School of Astronomy and Mathematics. He was also the first to use the infinite series approximations. Thankfully, all this led to the first eleven decimals of pi. William Jones was the next player in the history of pi. He was born in 1675 on the Isle of Anglesey. He later died in 1749 in England. Madhaven attended a charity school called Llanfechell. He then married twice and had two children. Initially he served at sea teaching mathematics in navigation. He continually applied his math in ways of calculating location at sea. This is what led him to his love of math and his future support in the finding of pi. William Jones was the first to use the greek letter for pi. Then came William Shanks. He was said to have calculated the first 707 digits of pi (Davis, 2014). Unfortunately, there were some errors in his calculations. He was born in 1812 in England. He was considered a British amateur mathematician. Later in his life is when he started calculating pi with a formula called the “Machin formula.” This is shown below (Davis,
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He celebrated with his staff by consuming a large amount of fruit pies (“Learn About Pi Day, 2014). Many schools actually hold competitions to see who can memorize the most decimal places. MIT will even mail its application decision letters to prospective students on Pi Day. An interesting fact is that on 3/14/15 at 9:26:53 am and pm the digits of pi included in the date and time will be accurate to the first ten digits (“Learn About Pi Day, 2014). This means the ultimate pi celebration day. Most importantly, Albert Einstein’s birthday is on March 14, Pi Day! Pi is one of the most well known concepts in mathematics. It never matters how big or small the circle is, the ratio will always stay the same. This idea is called a constant. This concept is also easy to show children because you can measure with a piece of string. This way you can visually show the relationship between circumference and
He celebrated with his staff by consuming a large amount of fruit pies (“Learn About Pi Day, 2014). Many schools actually hold competitions to see who can memorize the most decimal places. MIT will even mail its application decision letters to prospective students on Pi Day. An interesting fact is that on 3/14/15 at 9:26:53 am and pm the digits of pi included in the date and time will be accurate to the first ten digits (“Learn About Pi Day, 2014). This means the ultimate pi celebration day. Most importantly, Albert Einstein’s birthday is on March 14, Pi Day! Pi is one of the most well known concepts in mathematics. It never matters how big or small the circle is, the ratio will always stay the same. This idea is called a constant. This concept is also easy to show children because you can measure with a piece of string. This way you can visually show the relationship between circumference and