Pi Day

[Braden Indianensis]

I would like to thank those who put the words into the mouth of Malarbor for recognizing Pi Day. Although I am generally not disposed to engaging in the evils of mathematics, the contest to see who could recite the most digits of Pi was very rousing, and I certainly enjoyed the Pi face-painting (I forced my Bible-thumping former math teacher to dig out the black from some unholy netherdrawer of her desk.)

[Chrimigules]

Pi Approximation Day is an Nth times better than Pi Day. April 26, here we come!

[21st Century Stjepan]

No.

[Nick Foghorn Leghorn]

Another reason to celebrate

[21st Century Stjepan]

A much more valid reason too.

[Conglacio]

damn it! it's bad enough being single on valentines day! now this as well!

[Braden Indianensis]

Aren't I bitter enough already?

[Ryan]

Well, leave it to a New Englander to come up with steak and bj day. It seems all of us up here have our minds in the gutter. :P

[21st Century Stjepan]

Nonsense, everyone knows it was ripped off of Great Turkmenbashi's holiday "Twelve Day of Lamb, Ayran and Fellatio"

[Braden Indianensis]

Alas, Ryan, I'm a poor, "unsophisticated, uneducated, stubborn," Midwesterner. I'm not surprized that my poor simple prairie mind was too prudish to even consider a Bovine Muscle-slab and Fallacio Day.Which I suppose it is all for the best...except for a slim few, most every New Englander I've ever met was a terrible snob.

[21st Century Stjepan]

Not as much of a snob as I am.

[AngelGuardian93]

No comment. Oh, wait. :P

[Adanufgail]

It's a bit late, but i've managed to memorize the first 80 digits of Pi last week.

[Fax Celestis]

Crazy.

And welcome back!

[Hypatia Agnesi]

Adanufgail, you're back!

[Scott of Hyperborea]

Also a little late, but http://keithschofield.com/pi/std.html

[Bill3000]

I absolutely love that music video.

[Braden Indianensis]

*rotfl*
That's almost as funny as the Quadratic Formula Song! After all, what's a really good math song without a grisly murder?

[Bill3000]

Quadratic Formula song? Link please.

[Braden Indianensis]

Oh, I don't know where it's located. My math teacher was just playing it one day in math class, on her computer (we were learning about parabolas and the like.) I could ask her what website she found it on, when I get back from spring break, if you don't mind waiting until the 27th.. I do, however, know the chorus:
" It's negative B plus or minus the square root of b squared minus four (a) (c)....over 2A! Over 2A! Over 2A!" Or something like that...

[Ruth]

I remember the quadratic formula song!! Though think the version I've heard is a bit different than the one you're referring to. It was on a tape with other various math related music, like the absolute value song...

X equals negative B, plus or minus radical B squared, minus four A C! *knock* *knock* knock* All over two A!

[21st Century Stjepan]

There are probably about a billion versions of the Quadratic formula song. This is the one I learned...to the tune of Frère Jacques!

Negative B
Negative B
Plus or Minus
The Square root of
B Squared minus 4ac
B Squared minus 4ac
Over 2a
Over 2a

[Bill3000]

The quadratic formula is too simple. How about the solutions to the third order polynomial equation instead? (a*x^3+b*x^2+c*x+d=0)

x1 = -1/6*(-(36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*a*(12*c^3*a-3*c^2*b^2-54*c*b*a*d+81*d^2*a^2+12*d*b^3)^(1/2))^(2/3)+12*c*a-4*b^2+2*b*(36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*a*(12*c^3*a-3*c^2*b^2-54*c*b*a*d+81*d^2*a^2+12*d*b^3)^(1/2))^(1/3))/a/(36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*a*(12*c^3*a-3*c^2*b^2-54*c*b*a*d+81*d^2*a^2+12*d*b^3)^(1/2))^(1/3)

x2 = 1/12*(-(36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*3^(1/2)*(4*c^3*a-c^2*b^2-18*c*b*a*d+27*d^2*a^2+4*d*b^3)^(1/2)*a)^(2/3)+12*c*a-4*b^2-4*b*(36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*3^(1/2)*(4*c^3*a-c^2*b^2-18*c*b*a*d+27*d^2*a^2+4*d*b^3)^(1/2)*a)^(1/3)+i*3^(1/2)*(36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*3^(1/2)*(4*c^3*a-c^2*b^2-18*c*b*a*d+27*d^2*a^2+4*d*b^3)^(1/2)*a)^(2/3)+12*i*3^(12)*c*a-4*i*3^(1/2)*b^2)/a/(36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*3^(1/2)*(4*c^3*a-c^2*b^2-18*c*b*a*d+27*d^2*a^2+4*d*b^3)^(1/2)*a)^(1/3)

x3 = -1/12*((36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*3^(1/2)*(4*c^3*a-c^2*b^2-18*c*b*a*d+27*d^2*a^2+4*d*b^3)^(1/2)*a)^(2/3)-12*c*a+4*b^2+4*b*(36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*3^(1/2)*(4*c^3*a-c^2*b^2-18*c*b*a*d+27*d^2*a^2+4*d*b^3)^(1/2)*a)^(1/3)+i*3^(1/2)*(36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*3^(1/2)*(4*c^3*a-c^2*b^2-18*c*b*a*d+27*d^2*a^2+4*d*b^3)^(1/2)*a)^(2/3)+12*i*3^(1/2)*c*a-4*i*3^(1/2)*b^2)/a/(36*c*b*a-108*d*a^2-8*b^3+12*3^(1/2)*(4*c^3*a-c^2*b^2-18*c*b*a*d+27*d^2*a^2+4*d*b^3)^(1/2)*a)^(1/3)

[Braden Indianensis]

But that doesn't make a very good song.