The FourthAnnual
athlon
Coming March ??, 2013 at 3:14pm
Outside the SLU QRC
Brought to you by:
SLU Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics
&
The Q-Club
In celebration of Pi day (March 14th), the St. Lawrence Universities Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics hosts the annual Piathlon! This is the only known Piathlon in the world.
What is a piathlon, you ask? A biathlon involves completing two events. A triathlon involves completing three events. Thus, it follows that a piathlon involves completing pi events!*
There are prizes (gift certificaters to the SLU bookstore) awarded to the top teams! 50$ (first place team), 25$ (second place team), and 10$ (one for each of three honorable mentions).
A description of the rules and scoring for the 2012 Piathlon can be found here.
In 2010, over 80 students participated and the winning team estimated Pi to within 5 decimal points! In 2011, the first, second and third place teams all estimated Pi to within (at least) 6 decimal places! In 2012, the first place team estimated Pi to within 12 digits! That's right...TWELVE freaking digits.
Pictures from Piathlons Past
Piathlon 2010
Piathlon 2011
Piathlon 2012
Piathlon....be there or don't!
*The department recognizes the impossibility of actually performing pi events.
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