The Value of Pi

The Value of Pi

The Value of π


π is defined as the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle.

Thus, π = circumference/diameter 

The great Indian mathematician Aryabhatta (C.E. 476 - 550) gave an approximate value of π. He stated that π = 62832/20000, which is approximately equal to 3.1416. It is also interesting to know that using the identity of the great mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 - 1920) of India, mathematicians have been able to calculate the value of π correct to million places of decimals.

As you know that π is an irrational number and its decimal expansion is non-terminating and non-repeating (non-recurring).

The value of π up to 1000 places is given below:

 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
   58209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679
   82148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128
   48111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196
   44288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091
   45648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273
   72458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436
   78925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094
   33057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548
   07446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912
   98336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798
   60943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132
   00056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872
   14684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235
   42019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960
   51870721134999999837297804995105973173281609631859
   50244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881
   71010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303
   59825349042875546873115956286388235378759375195778
   18577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989...

Generally, we take the value of π as 3.14 or 22/7.



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