Formula for ? - It's National Pi Day 3/14
It is my favorite day of the year - National Pi Day.
Everybody is getting in on the fun including Google and QuickBase.
Today Is the 30th Anniversary of Pi Day
Here's What to Know About the Mathematical Holiday
http://time.com/5198663/google-doodle-pi-day-30-anniversary/
To celebrate here is my QuickBase formula for ? from the 15th century (Nilakantha):
Not too shabby and certainly beats memorizing all those digits.
Everybody is getting in on the fun including Google and QuickBase.
Today Is the 30th Anniversary of Pi Day
Here's What to Know About the Mathematical Holiday
http://time.com/5198663/google-doodle-pi-day-30-anniversary/
To celebrate here is my QuickBase formula for ? from the 15th century (Nilakantha):
3 +Which evaluates to : 3.1414796890043
4 * (
1 / ( 2 * 3 * 4) -
1 / ( 4 * 5 * 6) +
1 / ( 6 * 7 * 8) -
1 / ( 8 * 9 * 10) +
1 / (10 * 11 * 12) -
1 / (12 * 13 * 14) +
1 / (14 * 15 * 16) -
1 / (16 * 17 * 18) +
1 / (18 * 19 * 20) -
1 / (20 * 21 * 22) +
1 / (22 * 23 * 24) -
1 / (24 * 25 * 26)
)
Not too shabby and certainly beats memorizing all those digits.
