It’s a small change, but it makes angular notation ... constant that makes our equations and formulae more beautiful? Unfortunately, pi is probably too well-ensconced in traditional mathematics ...

Some of these numbers are so huge that even writing them down involves completely different math notation ... energy is described by a cosmological constant, which is 10 to the minus 122, said ...

which in U.S. date format notation, can be written out as 3.16, a loose approximation of the mathematical constant. Pi, or the Greek letter π in mathematical notation (from the word perimetros ...

In 2014, Joseph Mazur, author of Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers, explained how we came to worship March 14. His piece is reprinted below.

But while mathematicians have dreamed up large numbers for ages and they pop up frequently in physics and math, gigantic numbers ... completely different math notation. And thinking about them ...