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Monday for Math Lovers – Hexadecimal Tiger

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Meg

Base 16 is one of the useful tools in finding digits of Pi, but I would not want to meet it in a dark alley.

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Monday for Math Lovers – Transcendental Sea

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Meg

Transcendental Pi has faced the opponent of the squared circle for centuries.

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Monday for Math Lovers – An Elegant Continued Fraction

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Meg

Amazing, that a crazy number like Pi can be represented by such a beautifully patterned continued fraction, for billions and billions of decimals.

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Monday for Math Lovers – Pi’s First Fraction

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Meg

On a summer day, sometimes there is nothing greater than lying back and watching the clouds roll by.  It can take you back to your past.

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Math Lovers Monday – Volume of a Sphere

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Meg

Relaxing as the sun sets, Pi needs lots of company to equal the volume of a sphere.

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Life of Pi Series – Tax Day 2013

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Meg

A lovely sunrise to begin April 15th.  Good work Taxpayers.

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Monday for Math Lovers – Flying Digits

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Meg

The flying fish can seem endless.

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Monday for Math Lovers – Equation 3 – Surface Area of a Sphere

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Meg

The raft is a bit more crowded for this equation, but it’s good to know it works for calculating the surface area when the sphere is whole, or, if you peel it off.

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3.14 1:59 – Pi Day

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Meg

Happy Pi Day!

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Monday for Math Lovers – Equation Edition #2 – Area

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Meg

When the area of a circle is in the boat, Pi must share the raft with the square of the radius.

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