Rutgers University math professor Alex Kontorovich and a few of his friends gave a shrewd demonstration of pi showing that the circumference of one pizza pie crust spans approximately 3.14 pizza pies.
With Pi Day just around the corner, let's remember what Pi is all about.
— Alex Kontorovich (@AlexKontorovich) March 6, 2020
After washing your hands thoroughly, cut the crust off a pizza pie and lay it across four others. You'll see that the crust spans a little more than 3 pies. That's Pi ≈ 3.14.
But that's not all! (Cont'd) pic.twitter.com/xTVbObrPzH
[Via BoingBoing]
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