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In 1873, Abraham Shanks spent twenty years calculating <big><math>\pi</math></big> to 707 places, but made a mistake in his calculation and only 527 of them were correct. When electronic computers were developed, <big><math>\pi</math></big> was soon calculated to tens of thousands, millions, and billions of places. As of 2002, the record is held by Yasumasa Kanada of Tokyo University at 1,241,100,000,000 digits.{{fact}} That result was never printed out.
In 1873, Abraham Shanks spent twenty years calculating <big><math>\pi</math></big> to 707 places, but made a mistake in his calculation and only 527 of them were correct. When electronic computers were developed, <big><math>\pi</math></big> was soon calculated to tens of thousands, millions, and billions of places. As of 2002, the record is held by Yasumasa Kanada of Tokyo University at 1,241,100,000,000 digits.{{fact}} That result was never printed out.
==<big><math>\pi</math></big> in mathematics==
==Pi in mathematics==
It's impossible to overestimate the importance of <big><math>\pi</math></big> (and [[e]]) for mathematics. Both values are intrinsically tied, e.g. by [[Euler's identity]]
It's impossible to overestimate the importance of <big><math>\pi</math></big> (and [[e]]) for mathematics. Both values are intrinsically tied, e.g. by [[Euler's identity]]
<math> e^{\pi \imath} +1 = 0</math>.
<math> e^{\pi \imath} +1 = 0</math>.
This letter's name is pronounced the same as its equivalent in English (P) and has the same sound value.
This letter's name is pronounced the same as its equivalent in English (P) and has the same sound value.
==Does the Bible attempt to define <big><math>\pi</math></big>?==
==Does the Bible attempt to define Pi?==
Virtually all serious students of the [[Bible]] say no. Still, critics frequently claim that the Bible contains an incorrect value for <big><math>\pi</math></big><ref>http://www.cygnus-study.com/writings/allowableerror.shtml</ref>, and the question is raised frequently enough to earn mention in the [[Skeptics Annotated Bible]].
Virtually all serious students of the [[Bible]] say no. Still, critics frequently claim that the Bible contains an incorrect value for <big><math>\pi</math></big><ref>http://www.cygnus-study.com/writings/allowableerror.shtml</ref>, and the question is raised frequently enough to earn mention in the [[Skeptics Annotated Bible]].
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* Grigg, Russell, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1731/ Does the Bible say <big><math>\pi</math></big> equals 3.0?] ''Creation'' 17(2):24–25, March 1995.
* Grigg, Russell, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1731/ Does the Bible say Pi equals 3.0?] ''Creation'' 17(2):24–25, March 1995.
* Holding, James Patrick, [http://www.tektonics.org/lp/piwrong.html <big><math>\pi</math></big> Gets In Your Eye] (Tektonics).
* Holding, James Patrick, [http://www.tektonics.org/lp/piwrong.html Pi Gets In Your Eye] (Tektonics).
* Peterson & Rick, [http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52573.html Rounding <big><math>\pi</math></big> ] 1st June(?), 1999 (The Math Forum).
* Peterson & Rick, [http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52573.html Rounding Pi] 1st June(?), 1999 (The Math Forum).
==See Also==
==See Also==