Math Geek

Av8tor009 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-04-2005, 06:10 PM

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content...at=2&id=342234

CHIBA — A 59-year-old man from Chiba Prefecture recited pi, or the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, to 83,431 digits from Friday to Saturday in a new world record that is almost double the current Guinness Book record.

Akira Haraguchi, a volunteer worker from Mobara who already holds a world record in pi recitation, started the new challenge shortly after noon Friday and stopped at the 83,431st digit early Saturday. (Kyodo News)

seriously... WTF... i know it to like 30 something, but thats rediculous

Trons · #2 (**permalink**) 07-04-2005, 08:36 PM

I can get it to 3 digits, and that's about all. My personal favorite is Phi, because it's a whole H a lot better then Pi.

Trons

"If you can't tell the sucker at the table in the first 30 minutes, you are the sucker..."

Av8tor009 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-04-2005, 08:58 PM

3.14159265358979323846264338327950

thats as far as i can go

bonchkid · #4 (**permalink**) 07-07-2005, 12:30 PM

3.1415926535

Thats as far as I can go, the 5 might be wrong too.

Girevik · #5 (**permalink**) 07-07-2005, 01:34 PM

I can get as far as "how I wish I could recollect pi".

Av8tor009 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-07-2005, 01:37 PM

kbrower · #7 (**permalink**) 07-07-2005, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Av8tor009

3

only in egypt

Av8tor009 · #8 (**permalink**) 07-07-2005, 02:35 PM

thats the easy way to get the attention of a bunch of scientists lol

Marm · #9 (**permalink**) 07-07-2005, 02:41 PM

ok is there any usefull application of knowing pi beyond 3.14? If you need it for precise calculations, the friggin computer shouldnt have it in memory already to its largest memory size (like a double float or something), but when im doing carpentry (or whatever) 3.1 or 3.14 is best to use.

Av8tor009 · #10 (**permalink**) 07-07-2005, 02:43 PM

well... for geeks how many digits of pi you know is like comparing the size of your ******