Every schoolchild is told pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. In other words, divide the distance around the edge of a circle by its diameter and you always get the same or "constant" number - pi.
The whole point about pi is it is both irrational and transcendental. Irrational because it cannot be written as a simple ratio of whole numbers and transcendental because pi is living proof you cannot square a circle. In a way it has an uncanny resemblance to the ultimate quest in life. Can you solve the equation of life into any rational factors? May be not... It always eludes you, keeps you guessing at the wrong end of the line. And you just keep going, hoping to reach that last digit that solves the mystery... Ok I think you got the point. Here is a little tribute to this feeling from the famous underground cartoonist 'Roburt Krumb'...
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