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Article: Pi Day is something to celebrate.
- Article from:
- The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Article date:
- March 14, 2007
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Byline: Ryan E. Smith
Mar. 14--Dan Hellerich has a favorite number, but he can't tell you what it is. It would take too long. He tried before -- in college, with the help of some fellow students -- but after "a good hour and a half or so" they had only begun to recite the digits that make up the never-ending mathematical constant, pi. "I took a five-minute block of just reading the numbers," the Web developer from Minneapolis said. "I have a million [digits] on my Web site." Even if he can't say it, he can celebrate it. And there's no better day than today -- Pi Day. (After all, it is March 14, or 3/14.) Mr. Hellerich isn't alone in getting ...
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Article: Pie is on menu for math mavens marking Pi Day
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March 12, 2007 ;
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... ... bearing gifts. Wednesday is International Pi Day, and math mavens across the country ... Mostly, the people that come (to Pi Day) tend to be mathematic people, computing ... Kingston, Ont., is helping to mark Pi Day by serving her fellow students pie ...
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