Tuesday is 3/3/09 and three is the square root of nine. The math-buffs' holiday only happens nine times each century. The next Square Root Day is April 4, 2016 — 4/4/16. Math lovers don't dispair. Pi ...
Today is Cinco de Mayo. And this year, the fifth of May is filled with mathematical joy. It is — Square Root Day! It all started in 1981. "I was writing a check in late August," says Ron Gordon, who ...