Duke University Mathematics Department

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A Puzzling Saga - Meet Duke Math's Breakout Star! - Research Blog When I think of crosswords, I think of young and old alike gathered around a couch, scribbling away on a freshly arrived newspaper on a clear Sunday morning. When I think of math, I think of passionate professors covered in chalk dust from a hard day’s work of etching out complicated Greek symbols...

Duke professor Adam Levine will be giving the pi lecture:

When: Feb. 13 at 6 PM

Where: Jewish Life at Duke

Title: Jewish Geometry: Pi in the Bible and Talmud

Abstract: A famous Biblical passage describes a circular object that is 10 cubits in diameter and 30 cubits in circumference. This suggests 3 as a value for pi... or does it? We'll look at how the Talmud and various commentators throughout the centuries have wrestled with that passage and its implications for religion and science. All are welcome regardless of Jewish or mathematical knowledge, and pi(e) will be provided!