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Pi Smackdown at Perimeter Institute

A little friendly competition never hurt anyone, especially when it’s about something as beautiful as the infinite decimal places of pi. In this intense showdown, “standup mathematician” Matt Parker and Perimeter Institute’s Tibra Ali go head-to-head in a battle to concisely describe the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Given that pi was vital in the naming of Perimeter Institute (PI), we’re pleased to salute this beautiful irrational number and all of its endless decimal places.

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