# Circle number

The Greek lowercase letter Pi is the symbol of the circle number.
A circle with diameter 1 has the circumference .${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

The circle number ( Pi ), also Ludolph number, Ludolf number or Archimedes constant , is a mathematical constant that indicates the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter . This ratio is the same for all circles regardless of size. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

The circle number is a transcendent and therefore also an irrational number . Its decimal expansion begins with being in practice often only three significant digits are used: . ${\ displaystyle \ pi = 3 {,} 1415926 \ ldots,}$${\ displaystyle \ pi \ approx 3 {,} 14}$

The circle number occurs not only in geometry , but is also important in other mathematical sub-areas and theories . For example, they can be used to link the solution of the classic Basel problem with the theory of Fourier series .

Since August 14, 2021 approximately 62.8 trillion decimal places of the decimal representation of the mathematical constant known.

## History of the designation

The name with the Greek letter Pi ( )${\ displaystyle \ pi}$ (after the first letter of the Greek word περιφέρεια  - Latin peripheria , "edge area" or περίμετρος  - perimetros , "circumference") was first used by William Oughtred in his 1647 published Theorematum in libris Archimedis de Sphæ & Cylyndro Declaratio used. In it he expressed the ratio of half the circumference (semiperipheria) to the radius (semidiameter) , i.e. H.${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {\ pi} {\ delta}}}$${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {\ pi} {\ delta}} = 3 {,} 1415 \ ldots}$

The English mathematician Isaac Barrow used the same names around 1664 .

David Gregory took (1697) for the circumference to radius ratio. ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {\ pi} {\ rho}}}$

59 years later than Oughtred, namely in 1706, the Welsh mathematician William Jones was the first to use the Greek lowercase letter in his Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos to express the ratio of circumference to diameter . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

It was only popularized in the 18th century by Leonhard Euler . He first used it for the circle number in 1737 , having previously used it. Since then, due to the meaning of Euler, this designation has been common. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle p}$

## definition

Circle with drawn center radius and diameter${\ displaystyle M,}$${\ displaystyle r}$${\ displaystyle d}$

There are several equivalent approaches to defining the circle number  . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

• The first (classic!) Definition in geometry is that according to which the circle number is a ratio that numerically corresponds to the quotient formed from the circumference of a circle and the associated diameter .${\ displaystyle U}$ ${\ displaystyle d}$ ${\ displaystyle \ pi = {\ tfrac {U} {d}}}$
• The second approach to geometry is related to this and consists in understanding the number of circles as the quotient that is formed from the area of a circle and the area of ​​a square over a radius ( length ) . (This radius is called the radius of a circle. ) This second definition is summarized in the motto that a circular area is related to the surrounding square area as .${\ displaystyle \ pi = {\ tfrac {A} {r ^ {2}}}}$ ${\ displaystyle A}$ ${\ displaystyle r}$${\ displaystyle \ pi: 4}$
• In analysis (according to Edmund Landau ) one often proceeds as follows: first of all, the real cosine function is defined via its Taylor series and then the circle number is defined as twice the smallest positive zero of the cosine.${\ displaystyle \ cos (x)}$
• Further analytical approaches go back to John Wallis and Leonhard Euler .

## properties

### Irrationality and transcendence

The circle number is transcendent and therefore has an infinite number of decimal places that do not show any predictable patterns.${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

The number is an irrational number , i.e. a real , but not a rational number . This means that it cannot be represented as a ratio of two whole numbers , i.e. not as a fraction . This was proven by Johann Heinrich Lambert in 1761 (or 1767) . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$ ${\ displaystyle p, q \ in \ mathbb {Z}}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {p} {q}}}$

In fact, the number is even transcendent , which means that there is no polynomial with rational coefficients that has as a zero . This was first proven by Ferdinand von Lindemann in 1882. As a consequence, it follows that it is impossible to express only with whole numbers or fractions and roots, and that the exact squaring of the circle with compasses and ruler is not possible. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

### The first 100 decimal places

Since is an irrational number , its representation cannot be fully specified in any place value system : The representation is always infinitely long and not periodic . With the first 100 decimal places in the decimal fraction development ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle \ pi = 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; 653 \; 589 \; 793 \; 238 \; 462 \; 643 \; 383 \; 279 \; 502 \; 884 \; 197 \; 169 \; 399 \; 375 \; 105 \; 820 \; 974 \; 944 \; 592 \; 307 \; 816 \; 406 \; 286 \; 208 \; 998 \; 628 \; 034 \; 825 \; 342 \; 117 \; 067 \; 9 \ ldots}$

no regularity is evident. Statistical tests for randomness also suffice with further decimal places (see also the question of normality ).

### Representation to other number bases

In the binary system is expressed

${\ displaystyle \ pi = 11.0010 \; 0100 \; 0011 \; 1111 \; 0110 \; 1010 \; 1000 \; 1000 \; 1000 \; 0101 \; 1010 \; 0011 \; 0000 \; 1000 \; 1101 \ ; 0011 \; 0001 \; 0011 \; 0001 \; 1001 \; 1000 \; 1010 \; 0010 \; 1110 ...}$(See OEIS episode OEIS: A004601 ).

The numbers of the representations for bases 3 to 16 and 60 are also given in OEIS.

### Continued fraction development

An alternative way to represent real numbers is the continued fraction expansion . Since is irrational, this representation is infinitely long. The regular continued fraction of the circle number begins like this: ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle \ pi = 3 + {\ frac {1} {7 + {\ frac {1} {15 + {\ frac {1} {1 + {\ frac {1} {292 + {\ frac {1} {1 + {\ frac {1} {1+ \ ddots}}}}}}}}}}}}}}$

A development of related to the regular continued fraction expansion is that of a negative regular continued fraction (sequence A280135 in OEIS ): ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle \ pi = 4 - {\ frac {1} {2 - {\ frac {1} {2 - {\ frac {1} {2 - {\ frac {1} {2 - {\ frac {1} {2 - {\ frac {1} {2 - {\ frac {1} {17 - {\ frac {1} {294- \ ddots}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}$

In contrast to Euler's number , no patterns or regularities could be found in the regular continued fraction representation of . ${\ displaystyle e}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

However, there are non-regular continued fraction representations of in which simple laws can be recognized: ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle \ pi = 3 + {\ frac {1 ^ {2}} {\ scriptstyle 6 + {\ frac {3 ^ {2}} {6 + {\ frac {5 ^ {2}} {6+ { \ frac {7 ^ {2}} {6 + {\ frac {9 ^ {2}} {6 + {\ frac {11 ^ {2}} {6+ \ ddots}}}}}}}}}}} }} = {\ frac {4} {1 + {\ frac {1 ^ {2}} {2 + {\ frac {3 ^ {2}} {2 + {\ frac {5 ^ {2}} {2 + {\ frac {7 ^ {2}} {2 + {\ frac {9 ^ {2}} {2+ \ ddots}}}}}}}}}}}}} = {\ frac {4} {\ scriptstyle 1 + {\ frac {1 ^ {2}} {3 + {\ frac {2 ^ {2}} {5 + {\ frac {3 ^ {2}} {7 + {\ frac {4 ^ {2 }} {9 + {\ frac {5 ^ {2}} {11+ \ ddots}}}}}}}}}}}}}}$

### Approximate fractions of the circle number

From their regular continued fraction representation, the following are the best approximate fractions of the circle number (numerator sequence A002485 in OEIS or denominator sequence A002486 in OEIS ):

step Chain fraction Approximation break Decimal notation
(wrong digits in red)
Absolute error
when calculating the circumference of a circle
with a diameter of 1000 km
${\ displaystyle {\ frac {p_ {0}} {q_ {0}}}}$ ${\ displaystyle [3]}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ frac {3} {1}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} {\ color {red} 0}}$ - 141.59 km
${\ displaystyle {\ frac {p_ {1}} {q_ {1}}}}$ ${\ displaystyle [3; 7]}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ frac {22} {7}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 14 {\ color {red} 2 \; 85 \; \ ldots}}$ + 1.26 km
${\ displaystyle {\ frac {p_ {2}} {q_ {2}}}}$ ${\ displaystyle [3; 7.15]}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ frac {333} {106}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 5 {\ color {red} 09 \; 4 \ ldots}}$ - 83.22 m
${\ displaystyle {\ frac {p_ {3}} {q_ {3}}}}$ ${\ displaystyle [3; 7,15,1]}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ frac {355} {113}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; {\ color {red} 920 \; \ ldots}}$ + 26.68 cm
${\ displaystyle {\ frac {p_ {4}} {q_ {4}}}}$ ${\ displaystyle [3; 7,15,1,292]}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ frac {103993} {33102}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; 653 \; {\ color {red} 011 \; \ ldots}}$ - 0.58 mm
${\ displaystyle {\ frac {p_ {5}} {q_ {5}}}}$ ${\ displaystyle [3; 7,15,1,292,1]}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ frac {104348} {33215}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; 653 \; {\ color {red} 921 \; \ ldots}}$ + 0.33 mm
${\ displaystyle \ vdots}$
${\ displaystyle {\ frac {p_ {10}} {q_ {10}}}}$ ${\ displaystyle [3; 7,15,1,292,1,1,1,2,1,3]}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ frac {4272943} {1360120}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; 653 \; 589 \; {\ color {red} 389 \; \ ldots}}$ - 0.4 µm
(wavelength of blue light )
${\ displaystyle \ vdots}$
${\ displaystyle {\ frac {p_ {20}} {q_ {20}}}}$ ${\ displaystyle [3; 7,15,1,292,1,1,1,2,1,3,1,14,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,1]}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ frac {21053343141} {6701487259}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; 653 \; 589 \; 793 \; 238 \; 462 \; {\ color {red} 381 \; \ ldots}}$ - 2.6 · 10 −16  m
(smaller than a proton )

The absolute error in practice quickly becomes negligible: With the 20th approximation, 21 decimal places match those of the circle number . With this approximate fraction, the circumference of a circle with a diameter of around 3.8 quadrillion km (which corresponds to the distance to the Pole Star ) would be incorrectly calculated by one millimeter (namely too short). ${\ displaystyle \ left ({\ tfrac {p_ {20}} {q_ {20}}} \ right)}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

### Spherical geometry

The term circle number is not used in spherical geometry, since the ratio of circumference to diameter in this case is no longer the same for all circles, but depends on their size. For a circle with a much smaller diameter than that of the sphere on whose surface it is "drawn" (for example a circle with a diameter of 1 m on the spherical surface of the earth), the curvature of the spherical surface compared to the Euclidean circular plane is usually negligibly small, at larger circles or high precision requirements, it must be taken into account.

### normality

It is still open whether it is a normal number , that is, whether its binary (or any other n-ary ) number representation equally contains every possible finite binary or other group of digits - as statistics would lead us to expect if we were to find a number perfectly randomly generated. Conversely, it would also be conceivable, for example, that at some point only two digits will appear in an irregular sequence. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

If is a normal number, then its (only theoretically possible) complete value representation contains all conceivable patterns, for example all books written so far and in the future in coded binary form (analogous to the Infinite Monkey Theorem ). ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

In 2000, Bailey and Crandal showed with the Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula that the normality from base 2 can be reduced to a conjecture of chaos theory . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

In 2005, physicists at Purdue University examined the first 100 million decimal places of for their randomness and compared them with commercial random number generators . The researcher Ephraim Fischbach and his colleague Shu-Ju Tu could not discover any hidden patterns in the number . According to Fischbach, the number is actually a good source of randomness. However, some random number generators performed even better than . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

The best-known “randomness” in the sequence of digits is the Feynman point , a sequence of six nines from the 762nd decimal place. This is amazing because, among the first 1000 decimal places, there are only five exact triple sequences and no exact four- or five-fold sequences at all. The second six-fold sequence begins at the 193,034-th decimal place and consists of nines again.

## Development of calculation methods

The need to determine the circumference of a circle from its diameter or vice versa arises in very practical everyday life - you need such calculations for fitting a wheel, for fencing in round enclosures, for calculating the area of ​​a round field or the volume of a cylindrical granary. Therefore, people looked for the exact circle number early on and made more and more accurate estimates.

Finally, the Greek mathematician Archimedes succeeded in around 250 BC. To limit the number mathematically. In the further course of the story, the attempts to get as close as possible to a real record hunt at times became bizarre and even self-sacrificing features. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

### First approximations

#### Calculations and Estimates in the Pre-Christian Cultures

The circle number and some of its properties were already known in ancient times. The oldest known arithmetic book in the world, the ancient Egyptian arithmetic book of Ahmes (also Papyrus Rhind, 16th century BC), names the value  which deviates from the actual value by only around 0.60%. ${\ displaystyle \ left ({\ tfrac {16} {9}} \ right) ^ {2} \ approx 3 {,} 1605,}$

As an approximation for the Babylonians just used 3 or the rough Babylonian value 3 can also be found in the biblical description of the water basin that was created for the Jerusalem temple : ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle 3 + {\ tfrac {1} {8}} = 3 {,} 125.}$

“Then he made the sea. It was cast from bronze and measured ten cubits from edge to edge; it was perfectly round and five cubits high. A cord of 30 cubits could span it all around. "

- 1 Kings 7.23  EU

The value 3 was also used in ancient China . In India one took for the circle number in the Sulbasutras , the string rules for the construction of altars, the value  and a few centuries BC. Chr. In astronomy the approximate value Indian mathematician and astronomer Aryabhata is 498 n. Chr., The ratio of the circumference to the diameter with at. ${\ displaystyle \ left ({\ tfrac {26} {15}} \ right) ^ {2} \ approx 3 {,} 0044}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ sqrt {10}} \ approx 3 {,} 1623.}$${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {62832} {20000}} = 3 {,} 1416}$

#### Approximations for practical everyday life

In times before slide rules and pocket calculators, craftsmen used the approximation and used it to calculate a lot in their heads. The error opposite is about 0.04%. In most cases this is within the possible manufacturing accuracy and is therefore completely sufficient. ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {22} {7}} \ approx 3 {,} 142857}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

Another often used approximation is the fraction , after all, accurate to seven places. All these rational approximate values ​​for have in common that they correspond to partial evaluations of the continued fraction expansion of , e.g. B .: ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {355} {113}} \ approx 3 {,} 1415929}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {22} {7}} = [3; 7], \ quad {\ frac {355} {113}} = [3; 7,15,1]}$

### Archimedes of Syracuse

#### The approach: constant ratio when calculating area and circumference

The sum of the areas of the gray moon corresponds to the area of ​​the right triangle

Archimedes of Syracuse proved that the circumference of a circle is related to its diameter in the same way as the area of ​​the circle is related to the square of the radius. The respective ratio therefore gives the circle number in both cases. For Archimedes, and for many mathematicians after him, it was unclear whether the calculation of would not come to an end at some point, i.e. whether it would be a rational number, which makes the centuries-long hunt for the number understandable. Although the Greek philosophers knew the existence of such numbers because of the irrationality of , Archimedes had no reason to exclude a rational representation of the area calculation for a circle from the outset . Because there are surfaces that are curvilinearly delimited on all sides, which are even enclosed by parts of a circle, which can be represented as a rational number like the little moon of Hippocrates .${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle {\ sqrt {2}}}$

It was not until 1761/1767 that Johann Heinrich Lambert was able to prove the long suspected irrationality of . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

#### Approximation by polygons

Approach a circle by inscribing pentagons, hexagons and octagons around and around

Archimedes, like other researchers, tried to approximate the circle with regular polygons and in this way to gain approximations for . With circumscribed and inscribed polygons, starting with hexagons, by repeatedly doubling the number of corners up to 96 corners, he calculated upper and lower bounds for the circumference. He came to the conclusion that the ratio had to be a little smaller than , but larger than :${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle 3 + {\ tfrac {10} {70}}}$${\ displaystyle 3 + {\ tfrac {10} {71}}}$

${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 1408450 \ approx 3 + {\ frac {10} {71}} <\ pi <3 + {\ frac {10} {70}} \ approx 3 {,} 1428571}$

According to Heron , Archimedes had an even more precise estimate, but it has been passed down incorrectly:

${\ displaystyle 3 + {\ frac {9552} {67441}} <\ pi <3 + {\ frac {10835} {62351}} \ qquad (3 {,} 1416349 <\ pi <3 {,} 1737743)}$

Wilbur Knorr corrected:

${\ displaystyle 3 + {\ frac {8915} {62991}} <\ pi <3 + {\ frac {9552} {67441}} \ qquad (3 {,} 1415281 <\ pi <3 {,} 1416349)}$
Lambert published some approximate fractions of the circle number and predicted that an exact fraction, if it existed, would have to be very "large" (that is, consist of a large numerator and denominator). From: Contributions to the use of mathematics and its application. Volume 2, Issue 1, 1792, page 156.

### 4th to 15th century

As in many other areas of society and culture, mathematics in western cultures experienced a very long period of standstill after the end of antiquity and during the Middle Ages. During this time, progress in approaching was made primarily by Chinese and Persian scientists. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

In the third century, Liu Hui determined the limits 3.141024 and 3.142704 from the 192-corner and later the approximate value 3.1416 from the 3072-corner.

The Chinese mathematician and astronomer Zu Chongzhi (429–500) calculated around 480 for the circle number , ie the first 7 decimal places. He was also familiar with the almost equally good approximate fraction (this is the third approximate fraction of the continued fraction expansion of ), which was only found in Europe in the 16th century ( Adriaan Metius , therefore also called the Metius value). In the 14th century, Zhao Youqin calculated the number of circles to six decimal places using a 16384 corner. ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 1415926 <\ pi <3 {,} 1415927}$${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {355} {113}}}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

In his treatise on the circle , which he completed in 1424, the Persian scientist Jamschid Masʿud al-Kaschi calculated a 3 × 2 28 corner with an accuracy of 16 digits. ${\ displaystyle 2 \ pi}$

### 16th to 19th century

In Europe , Ludolph van Ceulen succeeded in calculating the first 35 decimal places of in 1596 . Allegedly he sacrificed 30 years of his life for this calculation. Van Ceulen, however, has not yet contributed any new ideas to the calculation. He simply continued to calculate according to Archimedes' method, but while Archimedes stopped at the ninety-six corner, Ludolph continued the calculations up to the inscribed corner . The name Ludolph's number is a reminder of his achievement. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle 2 ^ {62}}$

The French mathematician François Viète varied the Archimedean exhaustion method in 1593 by approximating the area of ​​a circle using a series of inscribed corners . From this he was the first to derive a closed formula for in the form of an infinite product : ${\ displaystyle 2 ^ {n}}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {2} {\ pi}} = {\ frac {\ sqrt {2}} {2}} \ cdot {\ frac {\ sqrt {2 + {\ sqrt {2}}}} { 2}} \ cdot {\ frac {\ sqrt {2 + {\ sqrt {2 + {\ sqrt {2}}}}}}} {2}} \ cdot \ dots}$

The English mathematician John Wallis developed the Valais product named after him in 1655 :

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {\ pi} {2}} = {\ frac {2} {1}} \ cdot {\ frac {2} {3}} \ cdot {\ frac {4} {3}} \ cdot {\ frac {4} {5}} \ cdot {\ frac {6} {5}} \ cdot {\ frac {6} {7}} \ cdot {\ frac {8} {7}} \ cdot { \ frac {8} {9}} \ cdot \ dots}$

In 1655 Wallis showed this series to Lord Brouncker , the first President of the “ Royal Society ”, who represented the equation as a continued fraction as follows:

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {4} {\ pi}} = 1 + {\ frac {1 ^ {2}} {2+ \ textstyle {\ frac {3 ^ {2}} {2+ \ textstyle {\ frac {5 ^ {2}} {2+ \ textstyle {\ frac {7 ^ {2}} {2+ \ textstyle {\ frac {9 ^ {2}} {\; \, \ ddots}}}}}} }}}}}$

Gradually the calculations became more complicated, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz contributed the following series representation in 1682 :

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {\ pi} {4}} = \ sum _ {n = 0} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {(-1) ^ {n}} {2n + 1}} = {\ frac {1} {1}} - {\ frac {1} {3}} + {\ frac {1} {5}} - {\ frac {1} {7}} + {\ frac {1} {9 }} \ mp \ dotsb}$

This was known to Indian mathematicians as early as the 15th century. Leibniz rediscovered it for European mathematics and proved the convergence of this infinite sum. The above series is also a special case ( ) of the series expansion of the arctangent that the Scottish mathematician James Gregory found in the 1670s: ${\ displaystyle \ arctan 1 = {\ tfrac {\ pi} {4}}}$${\ displaystyle \ theta = 1}$

${\ displaystyle \ arctan \ theta = {\ frac {\ theta ^ {1}} {1}} - {\ frac {\ theta ^ {3}} {3}} + {\ frac {\ theta ^ {5} } {5}} - {\ frac {\ theta ^ {7}} {7}} \ pm \ dotsb}$

In the following time it was the basis of many approximations of , all of which have a linear speed of convergence . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

In 1706 William Jones described in his work Synopsis palmariorum matheseos the series developed by him, with which he determined 100 decimal places of . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

William Jones designated 1706, like William Oughtred 1647 before, the circle number with ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

"Let [...] Then  & c." ${\ displaystyle \ alpha = 2 {\ sqrt {3}}.}$${\ displaystyle \ alpha - {\ frac {1} {3}} {\ frac {3 \ alpha} {9}} + {\ frac {1} {5}} {\ frac {\ alpha} {9}} - {\ frac {1} {7}} {\ frac {3 \ alpha} {9 ^ {2}}} + {\ frac {1} {9}} {\ frac {\ alpha} {9 ^ {2 }}} - {\ frac {1} {11}} {\ frac {3 \ alpha} {9 ^ {3}}} + {\ frac {1} {13}} {\ frac {\ alpha} {9 ^ {3}}},}$

Also in 1706, John Machin calculated the first 100 decimal places of with his formula . His equation ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {\ pi} {4}} = 4 \ arctan {\ frac {1} {5}} - \ arctan {\ frac {1} {239}}}$

can be used together with the Taylor series expansion of the arctangent function for fast calculations. In the real world, this formula can be obtained using the arctangent's addition theorem; it is simpler by considering the argument of the complex number

${\ displaystyle (5+ \ mathrm {i}) ^ {4} \ cdot (239- \ mathrm {i}) = 114244 + 114244 \; \ mathrm {i} = (1+ \ mathrm {i}) \ cdot 114244.}$

Over time, more formulas of this type have been found. An example comes from FCW Størmer (1896):

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {\ pi} {4}} = 44 \, \ arctan {\ frac {1} {57}} + 7 \, \ arctan {\ frac {1} {239}} - 12 \, \ arctan {\ frac {1} {682}} + 24 \, \ arctan {\ frac {1} {12943}},}$

which is synonymous with the fact that the real and imaginary parts of the Gaussian number

${\ displaystyle (57+ \ mathrm {i}) ^ {44} \ cdot (239+ \ mathrm {i}) ^ {7} \ cdot (682- \ mathrm {i}) ^ {12} \ cdot (12943 + \ mathrm {i}) ^ {24} = (1+ \ mathrm {i}) \ cdot n}$ with ${\ displaystyle n \ in \ mathbb {Z}}$

are the same.

Leonhard Euler (pastel by Emanuel Handmann, 1753)

In his Introductio in Analysin Infinitorum , published in 1748, Leonhard Euler already quoted 148 places in the first volume . Formulas discovered by Euler (see also Riemann ζ function ): ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle \ zeta (2) = {\ frac {1} {1 ^ {2}}} + {\ frac {1} {2 ^ {2}}} + {\ frac {1} {3 ^ {2 }}} + {\ frac {1} {4 ^ {2}}} + \ dotsb = {\ frac {\ pi ^ {2}} {6}}}$
${\ displaystyle \ zeta (4) = {\ frac {\ pi ^ {4}} {90}}, \ quad \ zeta (6) = {\ frac {\ pi ^ {6}} {945}}, \ quad \ dotsc}$
${\ displaystyle {\ frac {\ pi ^ {2}} {8}} = {\ frac {1} {1 ^ {2}}} + {\ frac {1} {3 ^ {2}}} + { \ frac {1} {5 ^ {2}}} + {\ frac {1} {7 ^ {2}}} + {\ frac {1} {9 ^ {2}}} + \ dotsb}$
${\ displaystyle {\ frac {\ pi -3} {4}} = {\ frac {1} {2 \ times 3 \ times 4}} - {\ frac {1} {4 \ times 5 \ times 6}} + {\ frac {1} {6 \ times 7 \ times 8}} \ mp \ dotsb}$

Johann Heinrich Lambert published a continued fraction in 1770, which is mostly in the form today

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {4} {\ pi}} = 1 + {\ frac {1 ^ {2}} {3+ \ textstyle {\ frac {2 ^ {2}} {5+ \ textstyle {\ frac {3 ^ {2}} {7+ \ textstyle {\ frac {4 ^ {2}} {9+ \ textstyle {\ frac {5 ^ {2}} {11+ \ textstyle {\ frac {6 ^ {2 }} {\; \, \ ddots}}}}}}}}}}}}}}$

is written. Each step results in an average of around 0.76555 decimal places, which is relatively high compared to other continued fractions.

### Numerical methods from the 20th century

In the 20th century, iteration methods were developed that allow a much more efficient calculation of "new" decimal places. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

In 1914 the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan found the following formula while investigating elliptical functions and modular functions :

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {1} {\ pi}} = {\ frac {\ sqrt {8}} {9801}} \ cdot \ sum _ {n = 0} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {(4n )! \ cdot (1103 + 26390n)} {(n!) ^ {4} \ cdot 396 ^ {4n}}}}$

The first iterations of this procedure produce the following results:

Iterations gives expression corresponds to decimal (wrong digits in red)
${\ displaystyle n = 0}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ sqrt {2}} \ cdot {\ frac {9 \; 801} {4 \; 412}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; {\ color {red} 730 \ ldots}}$
${\ displaystyle n = 0 \ ldots 1}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ sqrt {2}} \ cdot {\ frac {2 \; 510 \; 613 \; 731 \; 736} {1 \; 130 \; 173 \; 253 \; 125}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; 653 \; 589 \; 793 \; {\ color {red} 877 \ ldots}}$
${\ displaystyle n = 0 \ ldots 2}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ sqrt {2}} \ cdot {\ frac {2 \; 286 \; 635 \; 172 \; 367 \; 940 \; 241 \; 408} {1 \; 029 \; 347 \; 477 \; 390 \; 786 \; 609 \; 545}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; 653 \; 589 \; 793 \; 238 \; 462 \; 64 {\ color {red} 9 \ ldots}}$
${\ displaystyle n = 0 \ ldots 3}$ ${\ displaystyle {\ sqrt {2}} \ cdot {\ frac {17 \; 252 \; 765 \; 328 \; 978 \; 109 \; 815 \; 564 \; 789 \; 153 \; 792} {7 \; 766 \; 473 \; 062 \; 254 \; 307 \; 011 \; 793 \; 347 \; 201 \; 855}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; 653 \; 589 \; 793 \; 238 \; 462 \; 643 \; 383 \; 279 \; 5 {\ color {red} 55 \ ldots}}$

So the root of 2 is multiplied with increasingly “longer” fractions. This method provides about 8 more correct decimal places per iteration.

#### Chudnovsky algorithm

More efficient methods became interesting with the development of computers with long number arithmetic , because the pure computational effort became less and less important and complicated iteration methods with quadratic or even higher convergence became practicable.

The Chudnovsky algorithm, published in 1988, is the fastest currently known method and has been used in all current record calculations. It was developed from the Ramanujan approach, but works about 50 percent faster, and is based on the convergence of a generalized hypergeometric series :

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {1} {\ pi}} = 12 \ sum _ {k = 0} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {(-1) ^ {k} \ cdot (6k)! \ cdot ( 545140134k + 13591409)} {(3k)! \ Cdot (k!) ^ {3} \ cdot 640320 ^ {3k + 3/2}}}. \!}$

The software y-cruncher offers a technical implementation of both iteration methods (Ramanujan and Chudnovsky) .

### BBP series

In 1995, Simon Plouffe, together with Peter Borwein and David Harold Bailey, discovered a new type of series representation for : ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle \ pi = \ sum _ {k = 0} ^ {\ infty} {\ dfrac {1} {16 ^ {k}}} \ left ({\ dfrac {4} {8k + 1}} - { \ dfrac {2} {8k + 4}} - {\ dfrac {1} {8k + 5}} - {\ dfrac {1} {8k + 6}} \ right)}$

This series (also called Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula) enables the -th digit of a binary, hexadecimal or any representation to be calculated to a power of two without first having to calculate the previous digits. ${\ displaystyle n}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle n-1}$

Later the following were found for other BBP series: ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

{\ displaystyle {\ begin {aligned} \ pi & = {\ frac {1} {2}} \ sum _ {k = 0} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {1} {16 ^ {k}}} \ left ({\ frac {8} {8k + 2}} + {\ frac {4} {8k + 3}} + {\ frac {4} {8k + 4}} - {\ frac {1} {8k +7}} \ right) \\ & = {\ frac {1} {4}} \ sum _ {k = 0} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {1} {16 ^ {k}}} \ left ({\ frac {8} {8k + 1}} + {\ frac {8} {8k + 2}} + {\ frac {4} {8k + 3}} - {\ frac {2} {8k + 5 }} - {\ frac {2} {8k + 6}} - {\ frac {1} {8k + 7}} \ right) \\ & = \; \; \ sum _ {k = 0} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {(-1) ^ {k}} {4 ^ {k}}} \ left ({\ frac {2} {4k + 1}} + {\ frac {2} {4k + 2} } + {\ frac {1} {4k + 3}} \ right) \ end {aligned}}}

### Drip algorithm

Closely related to digit extraction methods are drip algorithms in which the digits are calculated one after the other. Stanley Rabinowitz found the first such algorithm for calculating . Since then, more drip algorithms have been found to calculate . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

### Method of Gauss, Brent and Salamin

The calculation of the arc length of a lemniscate using elliptic integrals and its approximation using the arithmetic-geometric mean according to Gauss provides the rapidly converging method of Salamin and Brent for numerical calculation. The basis for this is the following representation, initially assumed by Gauss : ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {1} {\ pi}} = \ mathrm {AGM} (1, {\ sqrt {2}}) \ int _ {0} ^ {1} {\ frac {2 \ mathrm {d } x} {\ sqrt {1-x ^ {4}}}}.}$

The latter integral is also known as the lemniscatic constant . It then applies

${\ displaystyle \ pi = {\ frac {4 \ mathrm {AGM} (1, {\ frac {1} {\ sqrt {2}}}) ^ {2}} {1- \ sum _ {j = 1} ^ {\ infty} 2 ^ {j + 1} c_ {j} ^ {2}}}}$

where is the arithmetic-geometric mean over the iteration

${\ displaystyle a_ {n} = {\ frac {a_ {n-1} + b_ {n-1}} {2}}, \ qquad b_ {n} = {\ sqrt {a_ {n-1} b_ { n-1}}}}$

is calculated with two initial arguments , and is set. ${\ displaystyle a_ {0}, b_ {0}> 0}$${\ displaystyle c_ {n} ^ {2} = a_ {n} ^ {2} -b_ {n} ^ {2}}$

## Non-numerical calculation methods

### Calculation using the area formula

Circle inscribed in a square for calculation using the area formula

This calculation uses the relationship that the area formula contains the circle, but not the area formula of the circumscribing square. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

The formula for the area of ​​the circle with radius is ${\ displaystyle r}$

${\ displaystyle A_ {K} = \ pi r ^ {2}}$,

the area of ​​the square with side length is calculated as ${\ displaystyle 2r}$

${\ displaystyle A_ {Q} = (2r) ^ {2}}$.

For the ratio of the area of ​​a circle and its circumscribing square, the result is

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {A_ {K}} {A_ {Q}}} = {\ frac {\ pi r ^ {2}} {(2r) ^ {2}}} = {\ frac {\ pi} {4}}}$.

This can be written as four times this ratio: ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle \ pi = 4 \, {\ frac {A_ {K}} {A_ {Q}}}}$.

#### program

Quarter circle, approximated with a surface grid of 10 × 10

As an example, an algorithm is given in which the area formula is demonstrated, with which an approximate calculation can be made. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

To do this, you put a grid over the square and calculate for each individual grid point whether it is also in the circle. The ratio of the grid points within the circle to the grid points within the square is multiplied by 4. The accuracy of the obtained approximation depends on the grid width and is controlled by. With you get z. B. 3.16 and with already 3.1428. For the result 3.14159, however, one has to set what is reflected in the two-dimensional approach to the number of necessary arithmetic operations in square form. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle r}$${\ displaystyle r = 10}$${\ displaystyle r = 100}$${\ displaystyle r = 10000}$

 r = 10000
kreistreffer = 0
for i = 0 to r - 1
x = i + 0.5
for j = 0 to r - 1
y = j + 0.5
if x ^ 2 + y ^ 2 <= r ^ 2 then
kreistreffer = kreistreffer + 1
return 4 * kreistreffer / quadrattreffer


Note: The above program has not been optimized for the fastest possible execution on a real computer system, but has been formulated as clearly as possible for reasons of clarity. Furthermore, the circular area is determined imprecisely in that it is not the coordinates of the center that are used for the respective area units, but the area edge. By considering a full circle, the area of ​​which tends towards zero for the first and last lines, the deviation for large ones is marginal.${\ displaystyle r}$

The constant Pi is typically already pre-calculated for everyday use in computer programs; the associated value is usually given with slightly more digits than the most powerful data types of this computer language can accept.

#### Alternative program

Circle area integration

This program adds up the area of ​​the circle from strips that are very narrow in relation to the radius. It uses the equations and as well .
${\ displaystyle y = \ pm {\ sqrt {r ^ {2} -x ^ {2}}}}$${\ displaystyle \ pi = {\ frac {A_ {K}} {r ^ {2}}}}$${\ displaystyle \ pi = \ int _ {- 1} ^ {1} 2 {\ sqrt {1-x ^ {2}}} \, \ mathrm {d} x}$

n := 1000000 // Halbe Anzahl der Streifen
s := 0       // Summe der Flächeninhalte

for x := -1 to +1 step 1/n:
// Flächeninhalt des Streifens an der Stelle x hinzuaddieren.
// Die Höhe des Streifens wird exakt in der Mitte des Streifens gemessen.
// Die 2 steht für die obere plus die untere Hälfte.
// Der Faktor 1/n ist die Breite des Streifens.
s += 2 * sqrt(1 - x*x) * 1/n

pi := s


The x-coordinates of the examined area go from to . Since circles are round and this circle has its center on the coordinates , the y-coordinates are also in the range from to . The program divides the area to be examined into 2 million narrow strips. Each of these strips has the same width, viz . However, the top edge of each strip is different and results from the above formula , in the code this is written as . The height of each strip goes from the top edge to the bottom edge. Since the two edges of circles are equidistant from the center line, the height is exactly twice the edge length, hence the 2 in the code. ${\ displaystyle -1}$${\ displaystyle +1}$${\ displaystyle 0,0}$${\ displaystyle -1}$${\ displaystyle +1}$${\ displaystyle 1 / n}$${\ displaystyle {\ sqrt {1-x ^ {2}}}}$sqrt(1 - x*x)

After running through the for loop, the variable s contains the area of ​​the circle with radius 1. In order to determine the value of Pi from this number, this number has to be divided by according to the formula . In this example , it is omitted from the program code. ${\ displaystyle A = \ pi \ cdot r ^ {2}}$${\ displaystyle r ^ {2}}$${\ displaystyle r = 1}$

### Statistical determination

#### Calculation with a Monte Carlo algorithm

Quarter circle, the area of ​​which is approximated by the Monte Carlo method

One method of determining is the statistical method . For the calculation you let random points "rain" on a square and calculate whether they are inside or outside an inscribed circle. The proportion of internal points is${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ approx {\ tfrac {\ pi} {4}}.}$

This method is a Monte Carlo algorithm ; the accuracy of the approximation of achieved after a fixed number of steps can therefore only be specified with a probability of error . However, due to the law of large numbers , the average accuracy increases with the number of steps. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

The algorithm for this determination is:

function approximiere_pi(tropfenzahl)

innerhalb := 0   // Zählt die Tropfen innerhalb des Kreises

// So oft wiederholen, wie es Tropfen gibt:
for i := 1 to tropfenzahl do

// Zufälligen Tropfen im Quadrat [0,0] bis (1,1) erzeugen
x := random(0.0 ..< 1.0)
y := random(0.0 ..< 1.0)

// Wenn der Tropfen innerhalb des Kreises liegt ...
if x * x + y * y <= 1.0
innerhalb++   // Zähler erhöhen

return 4.0 * innerhalb / tropfenzahl


The one 4.0in the code results from the fact that only the number for a quarter circle was calculated in the droplet simulation. In order to get the (extrapolated) number for a whole circle, the calculated number has to be multiplied by 4. Since the number pi is the ratio between the area of ​​the circle and the square of the radius, the number obtained in this way has to be divided by the square of the radius. The radius in this case is 1, so splitting can be omitted.

#### Buffon's needle problem

Another unusual method based on probabilities is Buffon's needle problem by Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (presented in 1733, published in 1777). Buffon tossed sticks over his shoulder onto a tiled floor. Then he counted the number of times they hit the joints. Jakow Perelman described a more practicable variant in his book Entertaining Geometry. Take a needle about 2 cm long - or some other metal pencil of similar length and diameter, preferably without a point - and draw a series of thin parallel lines on a piece of paper, spaced twice the length of the needle. Then you let the needle fall very often (several hundred or thousand times) from any arbitrary but constant height onto the sheet and note whether the needle intersects a line or not. It doesn't matter how you count the touch of a line through the end of a needle. Divide the total number of needle throws by the number of times the needle has cut a line ${\ displaystyle N}$${\ displaystyle P}$

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {N} {P}} = {\ frac {\ pi} {2}} {\ frac {d} {\ ell}}}$,

where denotes the length of the needles and the distance between the lines on the paper. This easily gives an approximation for . The needle can also be bent or kinked several times, in which case more than one intersection point per throw is possible and accordingly has to be counted several times. In the middle of the 19th century, the Swiss astronomer Rudolf Wolf achieved a value of by throwing 5,000 needles . ${\ displaystyle \ ell}$${\ displaystyle d}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi = 3 {,} 1596 \ pm 0 {,} 0518}$

## Records of the calculation of ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

carried out by year Decimal places Method / aid Computing time
Archimedes approx. 250 BC Chr. 2 96-corner
Liu Hui after 263 5 3072 corner
To Chongzhi approx. 480 6th
Jamjid Masʿud al-Kashi circa 1424 15th 3 · 2 28 corner
Ludolph van Ceulen 1596 20th
Ludolph van Ceulen 1610 35 2 62 corner
William Jones
John Machin
1706 100 Series Developments
William Jones: Let it be then John Machin:${\ displaystyle \ alpha = 2 {\ sqrt {3}},}$
${\ displaystyle \ pi = \ alpha - {\ frac {1} {3}} {\ frac {3 \ alpha} {9}} + {\ frac {1} {5}} {\ frac {\ alpha} { 9}} - {\ frac {1} {7}} {\ frac {3 \ alpha} {9 ^ {2}}} + {\ frac {1} {9}} {\ frac {\ alpha} {9 ^ {2}}} - {\ frac {1} {11}} {\ frac {3 \ alpha} {9 ^ {3}}} + {\ frac {1} {13}} {\ frac {\ alpha } {9 ^ {3}}} \ ldots}$

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {\ pi} {2}} = {\ frac {2} {1}} \ cdot {\ frac {2} {3}} \ cdot {\ frac {4} {3}} \ cdot {\ frac {4} {5}} \ cdot {\ frac {6} {5}} \ cdot {\ frac {6} {7}} \ cdot {\ frac {8} {7}} \ cdot { \ frac {8} {9}} \ dotsm}$
Jurij Vega 1794 126
William Shanks 1853 (527) Series expansion of and . Calculation of the first 707 decimal places by hand. In 1945, John W. Wrench discovered that the last 180 digits were wrong.${\ displaystyle \ arctan {\ tfrac {1} {5}}}$${\ displaystyle \ arctan {\ tfrac {1} {239}}}$
${\ displaystyle \ pi}$
Levi B. Smith, John W. Wrench 1949 1,120 mechanical adding machine
G. Reitwiesner 1949 2,037 with the tube calculator ENIAC 70 h
Nicholson, Jaenel 1954 3,092 Naval Ordnance Research Calculator 0:13 h
George E. Felton 1957 7,480 Pegasus 33 h
F. Genuys 1958 10,000 with the magnetic core memory computer IBM 704 , using the Machin formula 10 h
George E. Felton 1958 10,021 Pegasus 33 h
Jean Guilloud 1959 16,167 IBM 704 4:18 h
Daniel Shanks , John W. Wrench 1961 100,265 with the transistor computer IBM 7090 8:43 h
Jean Guilloud, J. Filliatre 1966 250,000 IBM 7030 41:55 h
Jean Guilloud, M. Dichampt 1967 500,000 CDC 6600 28:10 h
Jean Guilloud, Martin Boyer 1973 1.001.250 CDC 7600 23:18 h
Kazunori Miyoshi , Yasumasa Canada 1981 2,000,036 FACOM M-200 137: 18 h
Jean Guilloud 1981 2,000,050
Yoshiaki Tamura 1982 2,097,144 MELCOM 900II 7:14 h
Yoshiaki Tamura, Yasumasa Canada 1982 4,194,288 HITAC M-280H 2:21 h
Yoshiaki Tamura, Yasumasa Canada 1982 8,388,576 HITAC M-280H 6:52 h
Yasumasa Canada, Sayaka Yoshino, Yoshiaki Tamura 1982 16,777,206 HITAC M-280H <30 h
Yasumasa Canada, Yoshiaki Tamura, Yoshinobu Kubo 1987 134.217.700
David and Gregory Chudnovsky 1989 1,011,196,691
Yasumasa Canada, Daisuke Takahashi 1997 51,539,600,000
Yasumasa Canada, Daisuke Takahashi 1999 206.158.430.000
Yasumasa Canada 2002 1,241,100,000,000 Calculation: Verification:
${\ displaystyle \ pi = 48 \ arctan {\ tfrac {1} {49}} + 128 \ arctan {\ tfrac {1} {57}} - 20 \ arctan {\ tfrac {1} {239}} + 48 \ arctan {\ tfrac {1} {110443}}}$

${\ displaystyle \ pi = 176 \ arctan {\ tfrac {1} {57}} + 28 \ arctan {\ tfrac {1} {239}} - 48 \ arctan {\ tfrac {1} {682}} + 96 \ arctan {\ tfrac {1} {12943}}}$
Daisuke Takahashi 2009 2,576,980,370,000 Calculation: Gauss-Legendre algorithm
Fabrice Bellard 2010 2,699,999,990,000 Calculation: TachusPi software ( Chudnovsky formula , verification: Bellard's formula ) 131 days
Shigeru Kondo, Alexander Yee 2010 5,000,000,000,000 Calculation: y-cruncher software (Chudnovsky formula, verification: Plouffes and Bellards formula) 090 days
Shigeru Kondo, Alexander Yee 2011 10,000,000,000,050 Calculation: y-cruncher software (Chudnovsky formula, verification: Plouffes and Bellards formula) 191 days
Shigeru Kondo, Alexander Yee 2013 12.100.000.000.050 Calculation: y-cruncher software (Chudnovsky formula, verification: Bellard’s formula) 082 days
Sandon Van Ness (Houkouonchi) 2014 13,300,000,000,000 Calculation: y-cruncher software (Chudnovsky formula, verification: Bellard’s formula) 208 days
Peter Trüb / DECTRIS 2016 22.459.157.718.361 Calculation: y-cruncher software (Chudnovsky formula, verification: Bellard’s formula) 105 days
Emma Haruka Iwao / Google LLC 2019 31,415,926,535,897 Calculation: y-cruncher software (Chudnovsky formula, verification: Plouffes and Bellards formula) 121 days
Timothy Mullican 2020 50,000,000,000,000 Calculation: y-cruncher software (Chudnovsky formula, verification: Plouffes and Bellards formula) 303 days
University of Applied Sciences Graubünden 2021 62,831,853,071,796 Calculation: y-cruncher software (Chudnovsky formula, verification: Plouffes and Bellards formula) 108 days

## Geometric constructions

Due to the transcendence of , it is not possible to use a compass and ruler to create a route with the exact length of units of length. However, there are both a number of compass and ruler constructions that provide very good approximations, as well as constructions that enable an exact construction thanks to another aid - in addition to compasses and ruler. A further aid of this kind is in particular curves designated as quadratic indexes which, for. B. generated with the help of a so-called dynamic geometry software (DGS) and printed as a. find use on paper. There are also some special mechanical drawing devices and possibly specially made curve rulers with which such curves can be drawn. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

### Approximate constructions

For the geometric construction of the number there is the approximate construction by Kochański from 1685, with which one can determine an approximate value of the circle number with an error of less than 0.002 percent. So it is an approximation construction for the (exactly not possible) quadrature of the circle . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

Circle number π, approximate construction according to CG Specht, 1828.
The area of ​​the completed triangle (light blue) is almost the same as that of the circle.${\ displaystyle AEM}$

143 years later, namely in 1828, CG Specht published his Second Approximation Construction of Circular Circumference in the Journal for Pure and Applied Mathematics. For the approach he found the value

${\ displaystyle 5 \ cdot {\ sqrt {\ frac {439} {278}}} = 6 {,} 28318528 \ ldots}$

Halving this value results in a decimal number with seven digits after the decimal point the same as those of the circle number : ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

${\ displaystyle 3 {,} 141 \; 592 \; 6 {\ color {red} 40 \; 1 \ ldots} \; \ approx \ pi}$

In the case of a circle with a radius , this value is also equal to the area of ​​the triangle , in other words, the area of ​​the triangle is almost equal to that of the circle. ${\ displaystyle r = 1}$${\ displaystyle AEM}$

It is noteworthy that only in 1914, i. H. 86 years later, Srinivasa Ramanujan - in his second squaring of the circle - improved the accuracy of the almost equal square by one to eight decimal places with the circle number${\ displaystyle \ pi.}$

A graphic representation is not recorded in the journal cited above; the editor's note on this:

"*) It will be easy for the reader to design the figure according to the description."

- CG Specht : 40. Second approximation construction of the circle perimeter.

The following description of the adjacent construction is based on the original of the construction description.

First draw the unit circle around the point and then draw a straight line from; it results . Then it is erected in a perpendicular to the straight line; it creates . Four semicircles follow one after the other on the straight line, each with the radius around the newly resulting intersection point, which creates the points and . After the tripartite division of the routes in and as well as in and that point is now with connected. The resulting stretch is removed from the vertical . Connect also the point with and transfer the new route from to the vertical; it surrenders . It continues with the connections of the points with as well as with . When transferring the route to the route ab results . Finally, drawing from a parallel to the route , which in cuts. The resulting distance corresponds approximately to the value . ${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle a}$${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle M}$${\ displaystyle a}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {Aa}}}$${\ displaystyle m, p, q}$${\ displaystyle B}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {mp}}}$${\ displaystyle n}$${\ displaystyle o}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {qB}}}$${\ displaystyle r}$${\ displaystyle s}$${\ displaystyle M}$${\ displaystyle m}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {Mm}}}$${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle R}$${\ displaystyle R}$${\ displaystyle r}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {Rr}}}$${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle C}$${\ displaystyle C}$${\ displaystyle o}$${\ displaystyle C}$${\ displaystyle B}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {AB}}}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {Co}}}$${\ displaystyle C}$${\ displaystyle c}$${\ displaystyle c}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {AB}}}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {CB}}}$${\ displaystyle d}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {Cd}}}$${\ displaystyle 2 \ pi}$

The approximation to the number of circles can, for. B. be clarified in the following way: ${\ displaystyle \ pi = {\ tfrac {U} {d}}}$

If the diameter were a circle , its approximate circumference would only be approx. Shorter than its theoretical value. ${\ displaystyle d}$${\ displaystyle 100 \; \ mathrm {km}}$${\ displaystyle U = d \ pi}$${\ displaystyle 2 {,} 7 \; \ mathrm {mm}}$

Circle number as an exact construction using the quadratrix, radius${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle r = 1}$

The illustration opposite shows the number of circles as a segment, created with the help of the Quadratrix des Hippias . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

It starts with a straight line from the point and a perpendicular to this straight line . Then the semicircle is drawn with the radius around ; this results in the intersections and . Now you construct the square with side length 1. The construction of the quadratrix follows, without a "gap" on the x-axis , with the parameter curve : ${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle r = 1}$${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle B, D}$${\ displaystyle E}$${\ displaystyle ABCD}$${\ displaystyle \ gamma \ colon (- \ pi, \ pi) \ rightarrow \ mathbb {R} ^ {2}}$

${\ displaystyle \ gamma (t) = {\ begin {pmatrix} x (t) \\ y (t) \ end {pmatrix}}}$

with

{\ displaystyle {\ begin {aligned} x (t) & = {\ begin {cases} {\ frac {2} {\ pi}} t \ cot (t) \, &, t \ in (- \ pi, \ pi) \ setminus \ {0 \} \\ {\ frac {2} {\ pi}} \, &, t = 0 \ end {cases}} \\ y (t) & = {\ frac {2} {\ pi}} t \ end {aligned}}}

According to the Dinostratos theorem, the quadratrix cuts the side of its associated square at the point and thus generates the value on the straight line, now used as a number line . Establishing the vertical on the line from to the semicircle results in the intersection . After extending the distance beyond and drawing a straight line from through to the extension, the point of intersection results . One possibility, inter alia. is now to determine the length of the line with the help of the ray theorem. In the drawing it can be seen that the route corresponds. As a result, the proportions of the sections are after the first theorem of rays${\ displaystyle {\ overline {AB}}}$${\ displaystyle F}$${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {2} {\ pi}}}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {AB}}}$${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {2} {\ pi}}}$${\ displaystyle G}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {BC}}}$${\ displaystyle C}$${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle G}$${\ displaystyle H}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {AH}}}$${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {2} {\ pi}}}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {AF}}}$

${\ displaystyle | AF |: | AB | = | AG |: | AH |,}$

transformed and the corresponding values ​​inserted results

${\ displaystyle | AH | = {\ frac {\ frac {1} {1}} {\ frac {2} {\ pi}}} \ cdot 1 = {\ frac {\ pi} {2}}.}$

Now the arc with the radius is drawn up to the number line; the point of intersection is created . The final Thales circle above from the point gives the exact circle number . ${\ displaystyle {\ overline {AH}}}$${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {\ pi} {2}}}$${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {\ pi} {2}}}$${\ displaystyle A}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

### Archimedean spiral as an additional aid

Circle number as an exact construction using the Archimedean spiral${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

A very simple construction of the circle number is shown in the picture on the right, generated with the help of the Archimedean spiral . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

Parameter representation of an Archimedean spiral:

${\ displaystyle x = a (\ varphi) \ cos \ varphi, \; \; y = a (\ varphi) \ sin \ varphi}$

After drawing in the - and - axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, an Archimedean spiral with the parameter curve is created in the coordinate origin : ${\ displaystyle x}$${\ displaystyle y}$ ${\ displaystyle O}$

{\ displaystyle f: {\ begin {aligned} x = 2 \ varphi \ cos (\ varphi) \\ y = 2 \ varphi \ sin (\ varphi) \ end {aligned}}} ${\ displaystyle {\ Biggr \}}}$ ${\ displaystyle 0 \ leq \ varphi \ leq 2 \ pi,}$

with becomes the angle of rotation of the spiral${\ displaystyle a = 2}$${\ displaystyle \ varphi = \ pi.}$

The spiral cuts into the axis and thus delivers after a quarter turn${\ displaystyle y}$${\ displaystyle B}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {OB}} = \ pi.}$

The semicircle with radius projected onto the axis and the distance (green lines) are only used to clarify the result. ${\ displaystyle y}$${\ displaystyle r = 1}$${\ displaystyle {\ overline {OC}} = \ pi}$

## Experimental construction

Circle number as an experimental construction: 1. cylinder with water level = 2. cuboid with poured water, water level =${\ displaystyle \ pi}$
${\ displaystyle 1 \, \ mathrm {[LE]}}$
${\ displaystyle \ pi \, \ mathrm {[LE]}}$

The following method uses the circle number "hidden" in the circular area in order to represent the value of as a measurable quantity with the help of experimental physics . ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

A cylinder with the radius and the height of the vessel is filled with water up to the height . The amount of water determined in this way is then transferred from the cylinder into a cuboid , which has a square base with a side length and a vessel height of . ${\ displaystyle r = 1}$${\ displaystyle h_ {GZ} \ approx 1 {,} 5}$${\ displaystyle h_ {Z} = 1}$${\ displaystyle a = 1}$${\ displaystyle h_ {GQ} \ approx 4}$

Amount of water in the cylinder in units of volume [VE]: ${\ displaystyle V_ {Z}}$

${\ displaystyle V_ {Z} = r ^ {2} \ pi h_ {Z} = 1 ^ {3} \ cdot \ pi = 3 {,} 14159 \ dotso \, \ mathrm {[VE]}}$

Water level in the cuboid in units of length [LE]: ${\ displaystyle h _ {\ text {Q}}}$

${\ displaystyle V_ {Q} = a ^ {2} h_ {Q} = 1 ^ {2} h_ {Q} = V_ {Z}}$, from it ${\ displaystyle h_ {Q}}$
${\ displaystyle h_ {Q} = {\ frac {1 ^ {3} \ pi} {1 ^ {2}}} = \ pi = 3 {,} 14159 \ dotso \, \ mathrm {[LE]}}$

The result shows: An amount of water that has the water level in a cylinder with the radius delivers the water level when it is poured into the cuboid . ${\ displaystyle r = 1}$${\ displaystyle 1 \; \ mathrm {[LE]}}$${\ displaystyle \ pi \, \ mathrm {[LE]}}$

## Formulas and Applications

### Formulas that contain π

#### Formulas of geometry

In geometry , the properties of emerge directly as a circle number. ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

• Perimeter of a circle with a radius :${\ displaystyle r}$${\ displaystyle U = 2 \ pi r}$
• Area of ​​a circle with a radius :${\ displaystyle r}$${\ displaystyle A = \ pi r ^ {2}}$
• Volume of a sphere with a radius :${\ displaystyle r}$${\ displaystyle V = {\ frac {4} {3}} \ pi r ^ {3}}$
• Surface of a sphere with a radius :${\ displaystyle r}$${\ displaystyle A_ {O} = 4 \ pi r ^ {2}}$
• Volume of a cylinder with radius and height :${\ displaystyle r}$${\ displaystyle a}$${\ displaystyle V = r ^ {2} \ pi a}$
• Volume one by the rotation of the graph around the defined axis rotational body to the limits and :${\ displaystyle y = f (x)}$${\ displaystyle x}$${\ displaystyle a}$${\ displaystyle b}$ ${\ displaystyle V = \ pi \ int _ {a} ^ {b} f (x) ^ {2} \ mathrm {d} x}$

#### Formulas of analysis

In the field of analysis also plays a role in many contexts, for example in ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

• the integral representation that Karl Weierstrass used in 1841 to define${\ displaystyle \ pi = \ int _ {- \ infty} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {\ mathrm {d} x} {1 + x ^ {2}}} = 2 \ cdot \ int _ {- 1 } ^ {1} {\ frac {\ mathrm {d} x} {1 + x ^ {2}}}}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$
• of the infinite series : ( Euler , see also Riemann's zeta function ),${\ displaystyle \ sum _ {n = 1} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {1} {n ^ {2}}} = {\ frac {\ pi ^ {2}} {6}}}$
• the Gaussian normal distribution : or other representation: ,${\ displaystyle \ int _ {- \ infty} ^ {\ infty} e ^ {- x ^ {2}} \ mathrm {d} x = {\ sqrt {\ pi}}}$${\ displaystyle \ int _ {\ mathbb {R} ^ {2}} e ^ {- | x | ^ {2}} \ mathrm {d} x = \ pi}$
• the Stirling formula as an approximation of the Faculty for large : ,${\ displaystyle n}$${\ displaystyle n! \ approx {\ sqrt {2 \ pi n}} \ left ({\ frac {n} {e}} \ right) ^ {n}}$
• the Fourier transform : .${\ displaystyle F (\ omega) = {\ mathcal {F}} \ {f \} (\ omega) = {\ frac {1} {\ sqrt {2 \ pi}}} \ int _ {- \ infty} ^ {\ infty} f (t) e ^ {- \ mathrm {i} \ omega t} \, \ mathrm {d} t}$
Function theory formulas

As for all sub-areas of analysis, the number of circles is of fundamental importance for function theory (and beyond that for the entire complex analysis ). As prime examples are here

• the Euler identity ${\ displaystyle e ^ {\ mathrm {i} \ pi} + 1 = 0}$

to call as well

• the integral formula of Cauchy .${\ displaystyle f (z) = {\ frac {1} {2 \ pi \ mathrm {i}}} \ oint _ {\ gamma} {\ frac {f (\ zeta)} {\ zeta -z}} \ mathrm {d} \ zeta}$

In addition, the meaning of the circle number is also evident in the formulas for the partial fraction decomposition of the complex-valued trigonometric functions , which are related to the Mittag-Leffler theorem . Here are above all

{\ displaystyle {\ begin {aligned} \ pi \ cot (\ pi z) & = \ sum _ {n = {- \ infty}} ^ {+ \ infty} {\ frac {1} {z + n}} \\ & = {\ frac {1} {z}} + \ sum _ {n = 1} ^ {\ infty} \ left ({\ frac {1} {zn}} + {\ frac {1} {z + n}} \ right) \\ & = {\ frac {1} {z}} + 2z \ cdot \ sum _ {n = 1} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {1} {z ^ {2} -n ^ {2}}} \\ & = z \ cdot \ sum _ {n = {- \ infty}} ^ {+ \ infty} {\ frac {1} {z ^ {2} -n ^ {2 }}} \ quad (z \ in {\ mathbb {C} \ setminus \ mathbb {Z}}) \\\ end {aligned}}}

to mention as well as those from it - among others! - to be won

{\ displaystyle {\ begin {aligned} \ left ({\ frac {\ pi} {\ sin (\ pi z)}} \ right) ^ {2} & = \ sum _ {n = {- \ infty}} ^ {+ \ infty} {\ frac {1} {(zn) ^ {2}}} \ quad (z \ in {\ mathbb {C} \ setminus \ mathbb {Z}}) \\\ left ({\ frac {\ pi} {\ cos (\ pi z)}} \ right) ^ {2} & = \ sum _ {n = {- \ infty}} ^ {+ \ infty} {\ frac {1} {( z - {\ tfrac {2n-1} {2}}) ^ {2}}} \ quad \ left (z \ in \ mathbb {C} \ setminus \ left \ {{\ frac {2n-1} {2 }} \ colon n \ in \ mathbb {Z} \ right \} \ right) \\\ end {aligned}}}

The above partial fraction to the sine then supplies by insertion of the well-known series representation${\ displaystyle z = {\ frac {1} {2}}}$

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {{\ pi} ^ {2}} {8}} = 1 + {\ frac {1} {9}} + {\ frac {1} {25}} + {\ frac {1 } {49}} + \ cdots = \ sum _ {n = 1} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {1} {(2n-1) ^ {2}}},}$

which in turn directly to Euler's series representation

${\ displaystyle {\ frac {{\ pi} ^ {2}} {6}} = 1 + {\ frac {1} {4}} + {\ frac {1} {9}} + {\ frac {1 } {16}} + \ cdots = \ sum _ {n = 1} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {1} {n ^ {2}}}}$

In addition to these π formulas resulting from the partial fraction series, function theory also knows a large number of other ones which, instead of the representation with infinite series, have a representation using infinite products . Many of them go back to the work of Leonhard Euler ( see below ).

#### Number theory formulas

• The relative frequency that two randomly chosen natural numbers , which are below a bound, are coprime , tends to counter this .${\ displaystyle M}$${\ displaystyle M \ rightarrow \ infty}$${\ displaystyle {\ frac {6} {\ pi ^ {2}}}}$

#### Formulas of physics

In physics plays alongside ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

• the circular motion: (angular velocity is equal to the frequency of rotation )${\ displaystyle \ omega = 2 \ pi f}$${\ displaystyle 2 \ pi}$

This is especially important for waves , as the sine and cosine functions are included there; so for example ${\ displaystyle \ pi}$

aside from that

• in the calculation of the buckling load ${\ displaystyle F_ {K} = {\ frac {\ pi ^ {2} EI} {s ^ {2}}}}$
• and in the friction of particles in liquids ( Stokes law )${\ displaystyle F_ {R} = 6 \, \ pi \, \ eta \, r \, v.}$

#### Product formulas from Leonhard Euler

• If the sequence of prime numbers is denoted by, as usual , then the following applies:${\ displaystyle {\ bigl (} p_ {k} {\ bigr)} _ {k \ in \ mathbb {N}} = {\ bigl (} 2,3,5,7, \ dots {\ bigr)}}$
{\ displaystyle {\ begin {aligned} {\ frac {{\ pi} ^ {2}} {6}} & = \ prod _ {k = 1} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {{p_ {k} } ^ {2}} {{p_ {k}} ^ {2} -1}} & = {\ frac {2 ^ {2}} {2 ^ {2} -1}} \ cdot {\ frac {3 ^ {2}} {3 ^ {2} -1}} \ cdot {\ frac {5 ^ {2}} {5 ^ {2} -1}} \ cdot {\ frac {7 ^ {2}} { 7 ^ {2} -1}} \ cdot \; \ dots & = {\ frac {4} {3}} \ cdot {\ frac {9} {8}} \ cdot {\ frac {25} {24} } \ cdot {\ frac {49} {48}} \ cdot \; \ dots \\ {\ frac {{\ pi} ^ {4}} {90}} & = \ prod _ {k = 1} ^ { \ infty} {\ frac {{p_ {k}} ^ {4}} {{p_ {k}} ^ {4} -1}} & = {\ frac {2 ^ {4}} {2 ^ {4 } -1}} \ cdot {\ frac {3 ^ {4}} {3 ^ {4} -1}} \ cdot {\ frac {5 ^ {4}} {5 ^ {4} -1}} \ cdot {\ frac {7 ^ {4}} {7 ^ {4} -1}} \ cdot \; \ dots & = {\ frac {16} {15}} \ cdot {\ frac {81} {80} } \ cdot {\ frac {625} {624}} \ cdot {\ frac {2401} {2400}} \ cdot \; \ dots \\ {\ frac {{\ pi} ^ {8}} {9450}} & = \ prod _ {k = 1} ^ {\ infty} {\ frac {{p_ {k}} ^ {8}} {{p_ {k}} ^ {8} -1}} & = {\ frac {2 ^ {8}} {2 ^ {8} -1}} \ cdot {\ frac {3 ^ {8}} {3 ^ {8} -1}} \ cdot {\ frac {5 ^ {8} } {5 ^ {8} -1}} \ cdot {\ frac {7 ^ {8}} {7 ^ {8} -1}} \ cdot \; \ dots & = {\ frac {256} {255} } \ cdot {\ frac {6561} {6560}} \ cdot {\ frac {390625} {390624}} \ cdot {\ frac {5764801} {5764800}} \ cdot \; \ dots \\ \ end {aligned}}}
The first of the three following formulas is also known as Euler's supplementary theorem . The following two product formulas for sine and cosine are absolutely convergent products. Both product formulas result from the supplementary sentence, with the product formula of the cosine itself being a direct application of the product formula of the sine.${\ displaystyle \ cos (z) = {\ tfrac {\ sin (2z)} {2 \ sin (z)}}}$
{\ displaystyle {\ begin {aligned} \ Gamma (z) \ cdot \ Gamma (1-z) & = {\ frac {\ pi} {\ sin (\ pi z)}} \ quad (z \ in \ mathbb {C} \ setminus \ mathbb {Z}) \\\ sin (\ pi z) & = \ pi z \ prod _ {k = 1} ^ {\ infty} \ left (1 - {\ frac {z ^ { 2}} {k ^ {2}}} \ right) \ quad (z \ in \ mathbb {C}) \\\ cos (\ pi z) & = \ prod _ {k = 1} ^ {\ infty} \ left (1 - {\ frac {4z ^ {2}} {(2k-1) ^ {2}}} \ right) \ quad (z \ in \ mathbb {C}) \\\ end {aligned}} }
The product formula of the sine then leads to this interesting relationship (sequence A156648 in OEIS ): ${\ displaystyle z = \ mathrm {i}}$
{\ displaystyle {\ begin {aligned} \ prod _ {k = 1} ^ {\ infty} \ left (1 + {\ frac {1} {k ^ {2}}} \ right) & = {\ frac { e ^ {\ pi} -e ^ {- \ pi}} {2 \ pi}} & = {\ frac {\ sinh (\ pi)} {\ pi}} & \ approx 3 {,} 6760779103749 \\\ end {aligned}}}

## miscellaneous

### Curiosities

Pi floor mosaic at the entrance of the mathematics building of the TU Berlin
• Friends of the number celebrate on March 14 (in American notation 3/14) the Pi Day and on July 22 (in American notation 7/22) the Pi Approximation Day .${\ displaystyle \ pi}$
• In 1897 should be in the US - state of Indiana with the Indiana Pi Bill the circle number be legally placed on one of the values of amateur mathematician Edwin J. Goodwin found that appealed to supernatural inspiration. Different values ​​for the circle number can be derived from his work, including 4 or 165 . After offering royalty-free use of his discoveries, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the bill. When Clarence A. Waldo, a math professor at Purdue University , found out about it while visiting parliament and raised an objection, the second house of parliament postponed the draft indefinitely.
• The § 30b of the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations determined in Germany for the calculation of (for road tax relevant) displacement of an engine ". For the value pi is used by 3.1416"
• The version number of the typesetting program TeX by Donald E. Knuth has been incremented, contrary to the usual conventions of software development since the 1990s, so that it slowly approaches. The current version from January 2021 has the number 3.141592653${\ displaystyle \ pi}$
• The version name of the free geographic information system software QGIS is in version 3.14 "Pi". Additional decimal places are added for bugfix versions.
• Scientists use radio telescopes to send the circle number into space . They feel that if they can pick up the signal, other civilizations need to know this number.
• The current record for reading Pi aloud is 108,000 decimal places in 30 hours. The world record attempt began on June 3, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. and was successfully completed on June 5, 2005 at 0:00 a.m. Over 360 readers read 300 decimal places each. The world record was organized by the Mathematikum in Gießen .

### Film, music, culture and literature

Pi in the Vienna Opera Passage . The number is in the middle of the mirror wall.
• In the novel The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann , the narrator describes in the chapter The great stupidity on compassionate-belächelnde way as the minor character of the prosecutor Partition the "desperate break" Pi tries to unravel. Paravant believes that “providential planning” determined him to “tear the transcendent goal into the realm of earthly precise fulfillment”. He tries to awaken in his environment a “humane sensitivity to the shame of the contamination of the human spirit by the hopeless irrationality of this mystical relationship”, and asks himself “whether it has not been too difficult for mankind to solve the problem since Archimedes' days and whether this solution is actually the simplest for children. ”In this context, the narrator mentions the historical Zacharias Dase , who calculated pi to two hundred decimal places.
• In episode 43 of the science fiction series Raumschiff Enterprise , The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (original title Wolf in the Fold ), an alien being seizes the on-board computer. The chief officer Spock then orders the computer to calculate the number pi down to the last decimal place. The computer is so overwhelmed by this task that the being leaves the computer again.
• In 1981, Carl Sagan's book Contact was published. The book describes the SETI program for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and related philosophical considerations. It ends with the fictitious answer to the question of whether the universe came into being by chance or was systematically created. The number  plays the central role for the exciting answer, which is consistent in the context of the plot.${\ displaystyle \ pi}$
• 1988 initiated Larry Shaw the Pi Day on March 14 at the Exploratorium .
• In 1998 Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream) released the film Pi , in which a mathematical genius ( Sean Gullette as 'Maximilian Cohen') tries to filter out the world formula .${\ displaystyle \ pi}$
• In the published 2005 double album Aerial of Kate Bush song of Pi is dedicated.
• The media installation Pi , which opened in November 2006 in the Wiener Opernpassage, is dedicated, among other things, to the circle number.
• In the film Nights in the Museum 2 (2009), the circle number is the combination for the Ahkmenrah table. The combination is solved with the help of Bobble-Head Einstein and opens the gate to the underworld in the film.
• The progressive deathcore band After the Burial released the song Pi (The Mercury God of Infinity) on their debut album Forging a Future Self . It consists of an acoustic guitar solo followed by a breakdown , the rhythm of which is based on the first 110 digits of the circle number.

### Pi sport

Memorizing the number pi is the most popular way to demonstrate remembering long numbers. So learning from pi has become a sport. The Indian Rajveer Meena is the official world record holder with a confirmed 70,000 decimal places, which he recited flawlessly on March 21, 2015 in a time of 10 hours. He is listed as a record holder in the Guinness Book of Records.

The unofficial world record was in October 2006 at 100,000 positions, set by Akira Haraguchi . The Japanese broke his also unofficial old record of 83,431 decimal places. Jan Harms holds the German record with 9140 jobs. Special mnemonic techniques are used to memorize Pi . The technique differs according to the preferences and talents of the memory artist and the number of decimal places to be memorized.

There are simple memory systems for memorizing the first digits of Pi, as well as Pi-Sport memorization rules .

### Alternative circle number τ

The American mathematician Robert Palais opened in 2001 in an issue of Mathematics Magazine The Mathematical Intelligencer before, for , instead of as the ratio of circumference and diameter of a circle, in the future, the ratio of circumference and radius (equivalent ) to use as a basic constant. His reasoning is based on the fact that the factor appears before the circle number in many mathematical formulas . Another argument is the fact that the new constant in radians represents a full angle instead of a half angle, making it less arbitrary. The newly standardized circle number, for whose notation Michael Hartl and Peter Harremoës suggested the Greek letter (Tau), would shorten these formulas. With this convention shall be considered , therefore .${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle 2 \ pi}$${\ displaystyle 2}$${\ displaystyle \ pi}$${\ displaystyle \ tau}$${\ displaystyle \ tau = 2 \ pi = 6 {,} 283185 \ ldots}$${\ displaystyle \ pi = {\ tfrac {\ tau} {2}}}$

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Commons : Pi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Kreiszahl  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

## Remarks

1. Mathematically strictly applies .${\ displaystyle \ pi> 3 {,} 14}$
2. A simple proof of irrationality was provided in 1947 by the number theorist Ivan Niven . (Ivan Niven: A simple proof that π is irrational . In: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society . Volume 53 , 1947, pp. 509 ( MR0021013 ). )
3. Here all partial counters are equal to 1.
4. Here all partial counters are equal to −1.
5. See Bailey's website for more details .
6. This is${\ displaystyle n = 2 {,} 84438 \ dotso \ cdot 10 ^ {226}.}$
7. The Euler identity is seen as a combination of the circle number , the likewise transcendent Euler number , the imaginary unit and the two algebraic base quantities and as one of the “most beautiful mathematical formulas”.${\ displaystyle \ pi}$ ${\ displaystyle e}$ ${\ displaystyle \ mathrm {i}}$${\ displaystyle 1}$
8. The song on YouTube with an explanation of the rhythm in the video description, written by one of the guitarists. Video on YouTube .

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