tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post697003160482413536..comments2024-03-22T16:02:08.213-05:00Comments on The Wheel: Pi Day at CaltechMark Stegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-23517823026957958762013-03-22T11:37:47.220-05:002013-03-22T11:37:47.220-05:00Close-eyed readers will have noticed a mistake in ...Close-eyed readers will have noticed a mistake in the LA Times article above. I'll give you a minute to go back if you didn't spot it the first time you read it. Spoiler: if the students used only 9 colors of paper, they couldn't represent all 10 digits, 0-9, that appear in pi. Bonus question: how many digits of pi could they represent with their colored-paper link chain before needing that tenth color?Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.com