why does phi day gotta go and steal my birthday?
thats not cool. oh well.
how come ive never heard of phi before

As the original news item said, phi is irrational, but it _is_ unlike pi in an important way: pi is trancendental, while phi is not. That interesting sounding word actually has a precise mathematical meaning, which is this: a number is trancendental if it is not the root of any polymonial with integer cooeficients. phi, as you can see in a few other peoples' comments is the root of a rather simple quadratic equation, so is not trancendental. pi has been proven to be trancendental, as has e. Unfortunately, I can't give you links for the proofs, but you can probably find them without too much effort.

That's okay... about a month ago, somebody proved that e^(i*pi)=-1

Must have been a lot earlier. That equation is even programmed into the TI-89.

e^(i*u)
cos(u)+sin(u)*i

Let u = pi:
cos(pi)+sin(pi)*i
-1 + 0 * i
-1

Relatively simple proof...

Pi can be written is sigma notation. i froget how. here's why:
pi=4(1/1-1/3+1/5-1/7+1/9-1/11...)
Someone figure out how to put that in sigma.
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After a bit of testing...

? = 4 * (1?n??)? [((-1)^(n-1))÷(2n-1)]

it takes a fairly large value to get an accurate approximation tho (use the sum seq() on a TI-86)

These Pi, Phi, etc. days are, well, kind of STUPID. This is not a flame, it is my opinion. Really, what's the point in having a Phi day?

What's the point of NOT having a Phi day? ;-P

Hey, pi day gave us a reason not to have class but to have a pi party in class...why not have a chance for a party in summer school?

Summer School!!!!!!µ¥¦½¼¾ßø²ª®§!!!... I would think that anyone that would celibrate Phi day, pi day, or other mathematical constant days wouldn't have to go to summer school... except, of course, for people that attend those college 'summer sesions'... or whatever they're called...

And hopefully nobody is STILL going to school... my school year ended early {for me} this year on May 31... (a week late because of snow days, but still early...)

My last day of high school was May 19. Of course, there are no snow days here in the Houston area.

Pi Day was never celebrated at my high school because it's always during spring break.

Don't forget:

2Pi Day: June 28
Pi Approximation Day: July 22
g Day: September 8
c Day: October 8
Metric Day: October 10
Mole Day: October 23
i Day: February 30
Pi Day: March 14

Does anyone know of any other number days? It's possible that mathematicians and physicists have created more "holidays" than Hallmark.

So. Should I bring cake and cookies to Calculus on those days?

42 Day: Apr 2

Well, I am not sure but I think that e day should be July 18... {7.1828182845....}

e = 2. 718 281 828 459 045 235 360 287 471 352 66

which is not at all close to 7.1828182845. The number you posted is 10(e-2).

btw, did you know that July 18 is the anniversary of the assasination of Czar Nicholas II?

Oh... whoops... Well, at least the digits weren't wrong {except for what you mentioned, of course}...

And I still think that e-day should be on July 18

e ~ 2.718281828459045235 36028747135266249775 72470936999595749669 67627724076630353547...

{and this time it is right}...

How about the absolute value of i day - January 1
Or the real part of the squareroot of i {.7071067811865...} day - July 7

ohhhh! my bitrhday is g day!

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