Pi - History, facts, world records, and more!
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Humankind's fascination with the mathematical constant pi goes well beyond practical need. In fact, even though over five trillion decimal places of pi has been calculated, a mere four decimal places are sufficient for the design of the world's finest engines. During this talk, we'll discuss more interesting facts like this one, a brief history of pi, and world records for memorizing digits of pi (along with techniques you can learn and use yourself to memorize pi)
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12:00-1:00pm
Calgary Place Tower 1 (330 5th Avenue SW), Room 1118
Sign-up Deadline: October 27, 2011
Dr. Michael Cavers, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary
The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is grateful for the support of Shell Canada Limited, Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, and the University of Calgary for their support of this series of lectures.
This is a Past Event
Event Type
Industrial, Lunchbox Lecture
Date
November 1, 2011
Time
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