Pi Day Guest Post by Aaron Moskalik: The Last Words of the Platonic Form Circle While Trying to Compute Its Own Diameter (“Last Words” series)

And hooray, another guest post!

Today’s “Last Words” post is written for us by the mathtastic Aaron Moskalik in celebration of Pi day. (This makes Aaron the second person to remind me that Pi day exists, after my wife mentioned it to me the other day. I am a failure as a nerd!)

Without further ado, then:

The Last Words of the Platonic Form Circle While Trying to Compute Its Own Diameter

by Aaron Moskalik

Now, rounding Pi to three…

Math jokes! Math jokes are the best jokes.

You can see more math-related magicianry on display in “Division by Zero,” a comparatively long (100 word) story by Aaron over at Specklit, or in any of the Eric the Circle cartoons created by Mandle Brat, which is Aaron’s pseudonym on that site. (This pi-themed strip is a good one.)