Delta-K,  Historical Corner,  Volume 40, Issue 1

The Mathematical Constant Pie

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 40 Issue 1, January 2003

90 – 91

The Mathematical Constant Pie

Klaus Puhlmann

Our preoccupation with the mathematical constant n goes back several thousand years. The number n has fascinated the Babylonians, the Egyptians, the Greek and countless mathematicians and amateurs from all cultures.