Why Celebrate Pi Approximation Day on 22/7?

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The discussion centers around the celebration of Pi Approximation Day on July 22, contrasting it with Pi Day on March 14. Participants humorously debate the significance of these dates, suggesting alternative names and future celebrations related to mathematical constants. The conversation also touches on the absence of recognition from major platforms like Google, impacting search rankings. Additionally, there are playful mentions of creating a Pi-themed recipe book and other mathematical "days" such as Square Root of 2 Day.

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I can't believe this... Google doesn't even have a Pi-approximation doodle. They just dropped 10 places in my ranking.
 
First there's Pi Day. Then there's Pi Approximation Day. I wonder what comes next.
 
radou said:
First there's Pi Day. Then there's Pi Approximation Day. I wonder what comes next.

Pi-is-a-fraction Day, but that's only celebrated by crackpots. :-p
 
I'm suddenly inspired to write a Pi recipe book...
 
Will the year 3141 be approximate pi year?
 
Mallignamius said:
I'm suddenly inspired to write a Pi recipe book...

Mmmmmmm. Personally, I'm hungry for some Blueberry Pie Right now.

......Ahhh. PI...delicious!:biggrin:
 
G01 said:
Mmmmmmm. Personally, I'm hungry for some Blueberry Pie Right now.

:smile::smile:
 
If 3/14 is Pi-day, then 7/22 should be called (1/Pi)-Approximation day... following the way dates are written in the US.
 
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robphy said:
If 3/14 is Pi-day, then 7/22 should be called (1/Pi)-Approximation day... following the way dates are written in the US.
This is for those of us who celebrate Pi-day on the 31st of April. :biggrin: Essentially, the complement of the US set.
 
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neutrino said:
This is for those of us who celebrate Pi-day on the 31st of April.
But since there's no 31st of April, I guess we'd have to settle for 30.9999...th of April instead? Also, today will never end...
 
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Gokul43201 said:
But since there's no 31st of April, I guess we'd have to settle for 30.9999...th of April instead? Also, today will never end...

So, 30.999...th of April is really (9.99999...Pi)-day.
 
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Hey guys, get ready: it's almost "Square root of 53 day"!
 
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Chi Meson said:
Hey guys, get ready: it's almost "Square root of 53 day"!

Oh, and talking about square roots, we can't possibly let the "Square root of 2 day" be forgotten.
 
  • #15
Do we also get special pi times? You can only use pi at 3:14 every day.
 
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Kurdt said:
Will the year 3141 be approximate pi year?

3142 :wink:
 
  • #17
We can also have an 'e-day'. Look at poor \imath, it never gets to have a "day"...unless someone can come up with a clever idea. [No, (I)ndependence Day does not count]
 
  • #18
moose said:
3142 :wink:

Hey I said it was approximate :-p
 
  • #19
happy pi approximation day + pi * 0.31831 day day
 

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