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The number of PI is a mathematical mystery

Mysterious number PI - mathematical constant, which is the ratio of the length of the circle and its diameter. For many centuries it has occupied the minds of mathematicians around the world. He is considered even a mystical, not rationalizable explanation. This is especially surprising because mathematics is the most accurate of all sciences. But it has only assumptions about the regularities in the chaotic sequence of the mathematical constant of the PI.

In 1794, scientists proved that the PI is an infinite irrational number. The commonly recognized designation is the Greek letter "π". The mystery of PI goes far beyond pure mathematics, this number can be found in the formulas and phenomena inherent in other sciences - astronomy, physics, the theory of relativity, genetics, statistics. The ubiquitous number of UIs with its bewitching sequence of numbers, going to infinity, for people not partial to mathematics, is something like a work of art.

Lovers of the exact sciences of many countries of the world even celebrate PI Day. Of course, this holiday is not official. He was invented in 1987 by the American physicist Larry Shaw. The date chosen for the celebration is not accidental, it's sort of ciphered in the constant itself. Knowing what the number of PIs is equal to, you can guess the date of the holiday in his honor.

From the school program we know at least 7 digits after the comma, which were memorized as a rhyme - "3-14-15-92 and 6". The third month, the 14th day ... So it turns out that on March 14, exactly at 1.59.26 the number of PI enters the rights. Celebrating math lovers give speeches in honor of the constant, eat a pie with the Greek letter "π" or the first figures of this number, play various games, solve puzzles - in a word, entertain the mathematically appropriate way. Funny coincidence - March 14 was born the great Albert Einstein, the creator of the theory of relativity.

Fans of the PI number are competing in attempts to learn as many numbers of the constant as possible. The record so far belongs to the Colombian resident Jaime Garcia. Three days it took the Colombian to sound 150 thousand characters. The record of the human computer is confirmed by the professors of mathematics and is included in the Guinness book.

The number of UI can not be fully reproduced, it is infinite. There is not a single cyclic sequence in it, and, in the opinion of mathematicians, it will never be found, no matter how many signs are computed.

The American mathematician David Bailey and his Canadian counterparts created a special computer program, calculations on which showed that the sequence of digits of the PI number is really random, as if illustrating the theory of chaos.

Throughout the centuries of history, the number of PI is a kind of chase for the number of its numbers. The latest data was obtained by a Japanese scientist from the University of Tsukuba - the accuracy of their calculations is more than 2.5 trillion decimal places. Calculations were made on a supercomputer equipped with 640 quad-core processors, and took 73 and a half hours.

In conclusion, I would like to quote an excerpt from a child poem by Sergey Bobrov. What do you think is encrypted here?

"22 owls missed the big dry bitches.

22 owls dreamed of

About seven big mice "

(When dividing 22 by 7, ... the number of UIs is obtained).

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