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Square Root Day refers to dates when the day and the numerical value of the month are both are square roots of the last two digits of the current year. March 3, 2009 was a square root day, as the number 3 is a square root of the number 9.CNET: Square Root Day revelers to party like it's 3/3/09 (March 2, 2009)
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- Dates when both the day and the month are square roots of the last two digits of the year
- March 3, 2009, was a square root day, as the number 3 is a square root of 9
- Occurs nine times in a centuryCNET: Square Root Day revelers to party like it's 3/3/09 (March 2, 2009)
- Before March 3, 2009, the last previous square root day was on February 2, 2004
- The next square root day will occur on April 4, 2016
- Associated with teacher Ron Gordan, who started promoting square root days in 1981 in relation to the square root day September 9, 1981
- Gordan sends out press releases regarding the day and organizes events related to it
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Gordan is organizing a contest to publicize the 2009 day. The prize is a total of $339, which will be divided among winners. Gordan is encouraging people to celebrate square root day, for example by eating root vegetables cut into squares.CNET: Square Root Day revelers to party like it's 3/3/09 (March 2, 2009) -
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`when thee day comes fo my voice to be heard - ya'll shall see, how talented istrive to be::for success equals thee square root of me<3
@mimixboo | November 12, 2009 03:40 AM -
Neat. - Square Root Day revelers to party like it's 3/3/09: http://digg.com/d3lPEC?t
@unedged | November 10, 2009 03:27 AM -
In other complaints, why the fuck is the aircon set to 30 in the tram on a 34 day? That's going to do the square root of fuck all.
@budgieishere | November 09, 2009 07:18 AM -
@AdrienFrancoise I haven't heard from you in ages, it's like old home day, very sentimental. Square root is math and I hate math. Bah!
@the_most_happy | November 07, 2009 03:56 PM -
loves this day. thanks to her. square root of 64 ^^ http://plurk.com/p/2hvh9x
@edwardivina | November 03, 2009 01:18 PM
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View All Square Root Day Questions (3727) | Ask a QuestionWhy is today Happy Square Root day? (3 Answers)Today is 3/3/09, and the square root of 9 is 3. 3*3=9 3/3/09 This last happened on 2/2/04, and before that on 1/1/01. The one before that was 9/9/81, 8/8/64 ... read moreWhat is the square root of i? (6 Answers)This is ia well known theorem e**(pi*i) = -1 take square root on both sides twice, one gets "a" square root of i as e**(pi/4 * i) read morewhat is the square root of infinity? (5 Answers)Basically, there's three types of answers you could give... a) "Infinity is not defined" There are in fact lots of different concepts of infinity, and some things are more infinite ... read moreWhat is the square root of negative one? (1 Answer)i, by definition. i is the square root of -1, an imaginary number. So the square root of -4 is 4i. You can find a more detailed explanation here. http://www.purplemath.com/modules/complex.htm read more
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