http://www.mathgoespop.com/2009/03/pi-day.html Ruminations on the Intersection Between Mathematics and Popular Culture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.mathgoespop.com/2009/03/pi-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-51 lapinagile Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:02:00 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/2009/03/pi-day.html#comment-51 My labmate and I have been teaching ourselves probability theory (no small part of why I'd sent you the question about the birthday problem), and I have to say, it's made me all too eager to leave pi in the dust for an infatuation with e. I'd much rather try to celebrate e-Day now. Still, hey, at least pi Day is better than Square Root Day, right? My labmate and I have been teaching ourselves probability theory (no small part of why I’d sent you the question about the birthday problem), and I have to say, it’s made me all too eager to leave pi in the dust for an infatuation with e. I’d much rather try to celebrate e-Day now. Still, hey, at least pi Day is better than Square Root Day, right?

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