No pi-related content on pi-day?

Posted on 2022-03-16

A few days ago (2022-03-14) was pi-day to celebrate the number pi (≈3.14). Some celebrate pi-day by making videos or similar content about this number. As I already found a few mathematicians on gemini, I was sure I would at least see one article about pi popping up on that day. But there were none, what made me a little bit disappointed. Now I realize that I am something of a blogger myself, so I could just have made some content. So here is my fact about pi to celebrate pi+0.02 day:

Pi might be a normal number. That might at first sound a little boring and normal, but it is pretty cool. Note that I am saying that pi might be a normal number, as it has not yet been proven. But what is a normal number? A normal number contains any finite sequence of integers appears in the decimal places with equal density. This means any finite sequence of numbers can be found in pi. This includes your birthday, your full name if converted correctly, the Mona Lisa. How about the Linux kernel? Whatever you can think of.

This already concludes my short trip exploring pi. Maybe next year, more pi-celebration will happen. If you do not want to wait this long, you can also celebrate Star Wars on May 4 (May the fourth ≈ May the force). Or probably any other day if you can think of a good enough reason.

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