Pi(e) by Mikey Yang '05
No, not π times e.
Yes, I’ll admit that when I first wrote “Pi(e)”, I thought of π times e even though I meant “Pi/Pie”.
Anyways, as Pi Day approaches, I thought I’d put up a post that collects some of the best pi(e) references out there. For those who are awaiting news on Pi Day, I hope this will be a fun diversion for you as you wait. And for those who are not awaiting such news, here are some fun pi(e) references!
From yesterday’s Today’s Big Thing:
And, of course, the Pi Song:
And actually, if you play both of these videos at the same time, you get an interesting little meta-mashup. (Love you, YouTube Doubler!)
One of my colleagues also made an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of it, but by the time I remembered, it was all gone. Instead, I give you a transcript of the email that was sent this morning:
From: Erin
To: MIT Admissions Office
Subject: Apple Pie
Date: Thurs, March 10, 2011 at 8:52AMGood morning,
There is delicious apple pie made by Jamilla in the fridge! Please come have a piece!
Erin
Edit/update, 3/14/11, ~8pm: Some more great pi(e) references:
A pretty sweet video posted by Corey on Elizabeth’s “Pi-nal Countdown” blog post:
Courtesy of my colleague Ingrid:
http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/numberplay-pi-in-the-sky/
Today, for Pi Day, Kris brought in a chocolate cream pie, which was quickly consumed (but at least I got some pictures this time!)
(To the right of the half-eaten pie you’ll also see some homemade Amish friendship bread that Matt brought in, too!)
Here is a picturesque slice cut by Kirsten (my attempt at cutting a piece was awful and too quickly consumed to have been photographed – NOM NOM NOM):
So, feel free to post your favorite pi/pie reference(s) in the comments below and I’ll add them in! Do you have a favorite pi song? Or, you could make your favorite flavor of pie and send in a picture (mine’s pumpkin)! Or you could try making a pie in the shape of pi while singing your favorite pi song and reciting the digits of pi…the possibilities are endless…
@comments above me:
mind = blown
@anonymous
that’s Euler’s identity
he was 22 when he discovered that, so don’t worry: there should still be some time left for you to go :-D
Haha well I knew they were from Euler’s identity, but I’d never seen those particular manipulations of it. :3
@Saurabh winrar.. nooo just use your browser.
e^π – π ≠ 20
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=e^π+-+π&sourceid=Mozilla-search
e^π – π ≈ 20
My favorite pi reference/allusion/keepsake-:
MIT
and yes I repeat, MIT!
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When someone mentions something I am not familiar with, I look it up. I feel like there’s so much to learn, so much to discover, yet not enough time to accomplish everything I want. Does anyone feel the same way?
http://xkcd.com/217/ This comic seems appropriate for this conversation.
e^π – π = http://www3.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP113119ef8f3df8gafddc0000526d27dii1ff9a4e?MSPStoreType=image/gif&s=47&w=496&h=1282
@Sam – lol
@Sam – lol
<3 WolframAlpha.
If you take the geekiest numbers in the world (42 and pi) and divide them by each other (42/pi), you get another geeky number: 13.37 (leet, for those who can’t read it.)
on the interval [0, 1], ∫4/(1+x^2) = π
on the interval [0, 1], ∫4/(1+x^2) dx = π
..whoops forgot the dx
4(1-1/3+1/5-1/9+1/11-1/13+…)= π
Just looked up pi in wikipedia and learned a bunch of interesting properties!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi
We’re all suffering from pimania.
Pi is beautiful, even in musical form.
Many thanks to Mr. Linday. I had never seen Euler’s identity manipulated that way before. That first step got me thinking. With the help of that, a TI-84, wolframalpha, a blank sheet of paper, and some time I figured out why Euler’s identity works and how to raise numbers to imaginary powers.
xi*y = cos(y*ln(x)) + i*sin(y*ln(x))
For any still confused, apply that to ln(-1) (or e(some numbers) = -1 to find out why i*pi fits in “some numbers.”
Math is awesome.
I apologise that the last post has no superscript. For some reason, despite the assurance “you may use HTML tags for style,” they are not working.
@Pavel yeah that’s right. if I’m not mistaken that identity can be demonstrated using Taylor series for e^x, comparing it to the power series corresponding to sin(x) and cos(x).
“Math is awesome.” 100% agreed.
See the value of pie upto 10 million places here! I calculated it! http://sites.google.com/site/csnitclub/downloads/Pi.txt
Open it using the viewer in winrar, the usual notepad is unable to open it because of its size!
Whats really crazy is that e^iπ +1=0
http://tauday.com/
Also, π^2/6 = 1 + 1/4 + 1/9 + 1/16 + … for the sheer sense of bewilderment it inspires.
e^π – π = 20
π = ln(-1) / sqrt(-1)
No one can make a better pie than me. I’m the best cook from the East Blue!
Actually, all of you are wrong. The title refers to the function π(x) evaluated at e (Euler’s constant), which gives the number of primes less than or equal to e (1).
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Stop worrying about the damn Pie!!!!! :@
I love chocolate cream pie!!!
@ Black Leg Sanji
Yes, as a pi(e)rate your pi(e)les of pie are great!
Happy Pi Day everyone!!!!!!!!!
All real engineers know that:
π / e = 1
also, e^(π * sqrt(163)) is an integer
@Ryan Landay I really don’t think so buddy. Wolfram alpha says otherwise. I reckon it’s another approximate.