Pi (π) Day
Circles are some of the most beautiful and versalite shapes in nature.
Every March 14, mathematics enthusiasts from all over the globe commemorate Pi Day and the International Day of Mathematics (IDM) .
The day aims to raise awareness about the importance of mathematics and its role in shaping our world, as well as to promote the beauty and relevance of mathematics to a wider audience.
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th around the world. It’s a day dedicated to the mathematical constant π (pi), which represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is one of the most famous symbols in mathematics and has many important applications in physics, engineering and statistics. Pi is an irrational number, meaning it cannot be expressed as a simple fraction, and its decimal representation goes on infinitely without repeating.
Pi Day was first celebrated in 1988 by physicist Larry Shaw at the San Francisco Exploratorium, a museum of science, art, and human perception. Shaw and his colleagues marked the occasion by marching around a circular space, consuming fruit pies. Over time, Pi Day has gained popularity and is now celebrated by enthusiasts, educators, and institutions worldwide through various activities such as pi recitation contests, pie-eating contests, and math-related events.
In addition to being a fun way to appreciate mathematics, Pi Day also serves as an educational opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields and to promote interest in mathematics among students and the general public.
Pi is also related to technology and computer science for several reasons:
Pi in algorithms: Pi appears in various algorithms and computational formulas, especially those involving geometry, trigonometry, and physics.
Symbolic representation: Pi serves as a symbolic representation of mathematical concepts in computer science.
Applications: Pi is integral to many technological applications, including digital signal processing, cryptography, image processing, and computer graphics.
Pi in Numerical Methods: Pi is a crucial component in numerical methods for solving differential equations, optimization problems, and other mathematical challenges encountered in computer science and engineering.
Computer science is the study of computers and computational systems, including their design, development, implementation and application. It is a broad field which includes everything from the algorithms that make up software to how software interacts with hardware to how well software is developed and designed. Computer scientists use various mathematical algorithms, coding procedures, and their expert programming skills to study computer processes and develop new software and systems.
Determining the first computer scientist may be difficult but here are some of the most famous of them who had an impact in computer science:
Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, Alan Turing etc.
Historically, women faced significant challenges and barriers to participation in science, including computer science. In the past , women had limited access to education, lack of opportunities and support and those who did not pursue careers often faced stereotypes. Now it has changed and women can pursue their careers without stereotypes and have full access to education.
There are a lot of women who are famous in different science fields. We have an example and it’s Mira Murati.
Mira Murati (born 16 December 1988) is an Albanian engineer, researcher and tech executive who has been the Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI since 2018.
For years, Mira Murati has worked behind the scenes at OpenAI, overseeing the development and delivery of revolutionary products such as ChatGPT and DALL-E.
Mira Murati
I hope you learned something from this article about Pi Day. Why it’s important and why it’s part of computer science and how women can also be part of different fields of science.
