A data storage company has decoded more than 100 trillion digits of pi — smashing the world record for calculating the never-ending number. Unraveling this hefty slice of pi required the equivalent ...

When Ainsley Ramsey was in sixth grade she competed in a contest: Who could recite the most digits of pi? Ramsey was determined. "I did 100 digits and I won. And I remember getting a pie to bring to ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Every March 14, mathematicians, scientists and math lovers around the world celebrate Pi Day, a commemoration of the mathematical sign Pi. That's because the date written numerically ...

Friday is Pi Day, a national celebration of the mathematical concept, which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter and equals 3.14... Schools and museums often plan events to ...

The celebration of March 14 began as a weird Bay Area tradition. By Soumya Karlamangla Children in math classes across America will soon be discussing the magic of a circle’s circumference and, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Originally defined as the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, pi — ...