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March 14 is recognized as global Pi Day. Pi — represented by the Greek letter π — is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is approximately 3.14159 (hence the 14th day of the third month 3/14). In 2017, Pi Day was celebrated at the Monroe Correctional Center in Washington state, where prisoners who were math enthusiasts were joined by mathematicians. It was the first event organized by the Prison Mathematics Project (PMP), an organization started by Christopher...

A Self-Taught Math Genius Wrote This Riddle While Serving Time in Prison. Can You Solve It? Evelyn Lamb © Kory Kennedy Self-taught student Chris Havens got his number theory riddle published in a mathematics magazine. Last year, Christopher Havens, an inmate serving to 25 years for murder, made headlines as the lead author on an academic paper published in Research in Number Theory. Havens had dropped out of high school, but discovered his fascination with mathematics shortl...

Type keyword(s) to search Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. How we test gear. Kory Kennedy This Inmate Used Solitary Confinement to Learn Math. Now Hes Solving the Worlds Hardest Equations In 2010, Christopher Havens was sentenced to 25 years for murder. In 2020, his work in number theory was published in an academic journal. Feb 21, 2021 The walls of the cell where Christopher Havens was serving a 25-year mur...