Pi and the Prediction of Lunar Eclipses
Friday, July 28th, was a great opportunity to enjoy the beauty of our planetary system. Here in Switzerland we had…
Hexadecimal Digits are Correct
This week I’m attending a conference in Strasbourg. While following the opening plenary, I log in to the server, on…
Is π Normal?
The normality of pi is one of the remaining mysteries of the mathematical constant π. To understand the concept better,…
The Chudnovsky Formula
The formula used by y-cruncher to compute π is called after the Chudnovsky brothers, two mathematicians living in the United…
God Loves the Odd Number
In the late 17th century, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz discovered a beautiful series expansion of π/4 which only involves odd numbers….