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DESCRIPTION:Since its first documented appearance about four millennia ago\
 , the number π (pi) has become not just an oft-encountered constant in ma
 thematics and physics but a cultural phenomenon\, with numerous appearance
 s in books\, artworks\, TV shows\, and films. This talk will discuss a han
 dful of these somewhat recreational aspects of pi\, each of which turns ou
 t to have non-trivial connections to serious mathematics and/or computer a
 lgorithms. Among our topics will be curious features of pi's digits\, memo
 rizing the digits using a human-based algorithm\, pi in graphic design\, t
 he most beautiful digit-computing algorithm\, and the wonders of Pilish: a
  constrained dialect of English in which the number of letters in successi
 ve words matches the digits of pi.\n\nSpeaker(s): Mike Keith\, Bill Agress
 \n\nRoom: 006 (lower level)\, Bldg: Friend Center\, 79 William St\, Prince
 ton\, New Jersey\, United States\, 08544\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.
 ieee.org/m/439050
LOCATION:Room: 006 (lower level)\, Bldg: Friend Center\, 79 William St\, Pr
 inceton\, New Jersey\, United States\, 08544\, Virtual: https://events.vto
 ols.ieee.org/m/439050
ORGANIZER:dmancl@acm.org
SEQUENCE:13
SUMMARY:Fun With Pi: A Potpurri of Pilish Algorithms
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/439050
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Since its first documented appearance abou
 t four millennia ago\, the number &pi\; (pi) has become not just an oft-en
 countered constant in mathematics and physics but a cultural phenomenon\, 
 with numerous appearances in books\, artworks\, TV shows\, and films. This
  talk will discuss a handful of these somewhat recreational aspects of pi\
 , each of which turns out to have non-trivial connections to serious mathe
 matics and/or computer algorithms. Among our topics will be curious featur
 es of pi's digits\, memorizing the digits using a human-based algorithm\, 
 pi in graphic design\, the most beautiful digit-computing algorithm\, and 
 the wonders of Pilish: a constrained dialect of English in which the numbe
 r of letters in successive words matches the digits of pi.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;
 </p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>
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