International Day of Mathematics

Day celebrating mathematics on March 14

International Day of Mathematics

Significance| 3, 1, and 4 are the three most significant figures of the well-known mathematical constant π in its decimal representation.
Date| March 14
Next time| March 14, 2024 (2024-03-14)
Frequency| Annual
First time| March 14, 2020
Related to| Pi Day

The International Day of Mathematics is 14 March. It is also known as the Pi Day, because the mathematical constant π (pi) can be rounded down to 3.14.

UNESCO's 40th General Conference decided Pi Day as the International Day of Mathematics in November 2019.[1]

## See also[edit]

* π (pi)
* Pi Day

## References[edit]

1. ^ "International Day of Mathematics". UNESCO. 4 March 2020.
\- Rousseau, Christiane (1 September 2019). "International Day of Mathematics" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 66 (8): 1. doi:10.1090/noti1928.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to International Day of Mathematics.

* Official website of the International Day of Mathematics
* UNESCO page on the International Day of Mathematics
* 数学漫谈 (A Tour of Mathematics), a public lecture (in Chinese) delivered by Professor Ya-xiang Yuan (President of International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) on 14 March 2020, the first International Day of Mathematics (slides)