Summary
- Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 each year, with fans of the mathematical constant squeezing in as many puns and pieces of pie as possible.
- This has put its lesser-known sibling, the constant e, into the shadow.
- Also known as Euler’s number and Napier’s constant, e is the base rate of growth or decay for any continually changing process.
- It can be used to calculate compound interest, the growth of bacteria, and the decay of radioactive materials.
- It is an important number in many areas of maths, including calculus, geometry, and trigonometry.
- In a post celebrating Pi Day, Hackaday looks at the number, its history, and how it can be used.
By Al Williams
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