International Day Of Mathematics 2023: Know Its Significance, Theme

New Delhi: International Day of Mathematics is observed on 14 March, every year. The day is also known as Pi Day in different countries. It is a worldwide celebration and people like to observe this day every year.

2023 Theme

The theme for International Day of Mathematics 2023 is “Mathematics for Everyone” as per the official website of the celebration.

This year’s theme was proposed by Marco Zarco Rotairo, who is from the Trece Martires City National High School in the Philippines.

Significance:

Pi is an irrational and transcendental number, which means that its decimal representation never ends and never repeats. Since its exact value cannot be known, we can never find the exact area or circumference of a circle.

People in Egypt believed that the pyramids of Giza were built on the principles of pi. The ratio between the height of the pyramids and the perimeter of their base is the same as that between a circle’s radius and circumference.

The day is celebrated to recognise and appreciate the importance of mathematics in our daily lives. Pi is a fundamental constant which has been significant in performing calculations and Mathematics has been studied and used by scientists.