Hooray for Pi Day

March 9, 2015 • by Marc Airhart

Pi plays a central role in the research of scientists and mathematicians at UT Austin.

A pi symbol

'Spring Pi' by Molly White and Jack Moore (pinscreen impression). This is one of the entries in this year's Art of Pi virtual exhibit (http://www.utexas.edu/know/2015/03/09/making-pi/)


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Illustration of the Wolf 1130ABC triple system, composed of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A, its close and compact white dwarf companion Wolf 1130B, and the distant brown dwarf tertiary Wolf 1130C. The three components of this system are shown scaled to their relative sizes. Image credit: Adam Burgasser, UCSD.

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