I prefer pi: A brief history and anthology of articles in the American Mathematical Monthly (2015)

Abstract

In celebration of both a special 'big' π Day (3/14/15) and the 2015 centennial of the Mathematical Association of America, we review the illustrious history of the constant π in the pages of the American Mathematical Monthly. The remainder of this presentation.We begin with a very brief history of Pi, both mathematical and algorithmic, which can be followed in more detail in [80] and [46] We then turn to our three periods, and make a very few extra comments about some of the articles. For the most part the title of each article is a pretty good abstract.We then make a few summatory remarks and list a handful of references from outside the Monthly, such as David Blattner's Joy of Pi [79] and Arndt and Haenel's Pi Unleashed [78]. 7 It can be argued that he was anticipated by Maimonides (the Rambam, 1135-1204) [81].