The search for the value of pi
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
This "pi plate" shows some of the progress toward finding all the digits of pi.Piledhigheranddeeper, CC BY-SA
The number represented by pi (π) is used in calculations whenever something round (or nearly so) is involved, such as for circles, spheres, cylinders, cones and ellipses. Its value is necessary to compute many important quantities about...