Section officer meeting: Event planning sessions. Closed meeting between Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, others by invitation. Co-sponsored by: [email protected] Agenda: To Be Provide Prior To Meeting. Suggestions welcome. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/458203

March NH Section ExCom meeting Airport Dinner, 2280 Brown Avenue, Manchester, New Hampshire, United States, 03103

Since its first documented appearance about four millennia ago, the number π (pi) has become not just an oft-encountered constant in mathematics and physics but a cultural phenomenon, with numerous appearances in books, artworks, TV shows, and films. This talk will discuss a handful of these somewhat recreational aspects of pi, each of which turns out to have non-trivial connections to serious mathematics and/or computer algorithms. Among our topics will be curious features of pi's digits, memorizing the digits using a human-based algorithm, pi in graphic design, the most beautiful digit-computing algorithm, and the wonders of Pilish: a constrained dialect of English in which the number of letters in successive words matches the digits of pi. Speaker(s): Michael Keith Room: 105, Bldg: Computer Science Building, 35 Olden St, Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 08544, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/439050