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<\/a><\/p>\nIf I may say so myself, I do make a good pumpkin $\\pi$, although not the kind that you bake. (Picture courtesy of Anneliese Gerland).<\/p>\n
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As you may know, I was born and raised in Venezuela. I came to the U.S. a bit over 10 years ago to go to graduate school. It’s only been since then that I have been around for and a part of $\\pi$ Day celebrations. This makes sense, since in Venezuela (and most other countries) dates are written in the day\/month\/year format, rather than the (slightly less natural) month\/day\/year format. Today, 3\/14, is widely known around U.S. schools and universities as $\\pi$ day. The only equivalent in Venezuela would be the 31st of April (yeah, there isn’t one).<\/p>\n
Even though it seemed like a silly thing to celebrate at first, I have learned to embrace the holiday as one more reason to talk about math (we can’t have too many of those). I like that schools celebrate this by hosting social events, eating pie, and having informal math competitions. I have been seeing $\\pi$ day posts on facebook (both for and against) and lots of $\\pi$ Day themed blogs, so I won’t add to the already copious pile of things you might run into. I will instead share a couple of photos of my history with $\\pi$, and wish you all a day filled with math and pie (what more could anyone want?).<\/p>\n
If I may say so myself, I do make a good pumpkin $\\pi$, although not the kind that you bake. (Picture courtesy of Anneliese Gerland).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n