When pure mathematicians dream that the elegant proofs of their π-related theorems would increase the chances of landing their names in the Mathematical Book of Life, or could propel them into mathematical immortality.
It’s an unspoken desire among Fields medalists—the mathematical equivalent of Nobel Prize winners in mathematics—and first-rate mathematicians to achieve pie-in-the-sky pi dreams.
by MathPlus May 24, 2021
Get the Pie-in-the-Sky Pimug. When some colored or shaded digits of the number π listed on a canvas or cardboard reads or looks like the ghostly or imaginary word “sky.”
When Paul asked Timothy whether he saw the “sky in the pi” on the huge poster, his geeky friend thought he misspoke the term “pi in the sky.”
by Numerati October 21, 2025
Get the Sky in the Pimug.