Today in attribution
You can even leave out the worlds in which people still consulted stylebooks on how to render dates, or in which commas knew their place, though I'd appreciate some word from overseas on how Pi Day is celebrated in those "worldwide" places where March 14 is 14/3.
* Your Editor was there on a fine day some 25 years ago when a page designer (from NC State, no less) caught a Star Reporter leaving pretty much all the zeroes out of Avogadro's number.
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posted by fev at 11:49 PM
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Oh, we celebrate it for the whole of March every 14th year. Although when I say “we” I am approximating. Because I’ve never celebrated it at all.
In the UK we celebrate it on the 31st of April (think about it...). In Japan it will be celebrated on the 9th of May, 3141.
In ISOland, I don't think it's possible to ever celebrate it..
I tell a lie, it must be possible to celebrate it with any ISO date as eventually all 4 digit numbers must occur in pi. As long as you're prepared to wait long enough...
Yep, I accept your correction. Last time I celebrated it was on the 31st April.
One accepted alternative is to celebrate Pi Approximation Day on the 22nd of July.
Some extreme nerds have argued for Pi Continued Fraction Day, 3rd July. (background: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/don-8217-t-recite-digits-to-celebrate-pi-recite-its-continued-fraction-instead/)
@ElectricDragon: I don't think anyone's actually proved that pi has all possible sequences, though that's the way I'd bet.
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