When the beautiful numerical or geometric properties of the number π lures far more men than women, who long to get intimate with mathematics’s most famous constant—when rational male figures get pretty excited, with some even experiencing occasional ahas, whenever the irrational and sexy π reveals more of her hidden properties.
The masculine and feminine subtle behaviors exhibited by the number π makes math educators and recreational mathematicians quietly ask: “Is pi male or female?”
by Fasters December 19, 2021