Square root of 3 billion digits. The fraction (…) for the square root of three can be used as an approximation. Despite having a denominator of only 56, it differs from the correct value by less than (approximately ). The rounded value of 1.732 is correct to within 0.01% of the actual value. Archimedes reported , accurate to (six decimal places) and (four decimal places), respectively. It can be expressed as the continued fraction , expanded on the right. It can also be expressed by generalized continued fractions such as which is evaluated at every second term. The following nested square expressions converge to
Square Root Day September 9, 1981 (9/9/81). Gordon remains the holiday's publicist, sending news releases to world media outlets. Gordon's daughter set up a Facebook group where people can share how they were celebrating the day. One suggested way of celebrating the holiday is by eating square radishes, or other root vegetables cut into shapes with square cross sections (thus creating a "square root"). Square Root Day occurs on the following dates each century: The number of years between consecutive Square Root Days in a century are consecutive odd numbers: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17. This illustrates the fact that