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Pi = 3.1415...

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Originally posted by: electron
Originally posted by: Beau
Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
most people don't know it - but the last digit of pi is a 7
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Didn't think a complete calculation of pi has been made... Most extensive calculation of it is at 200 billion decimal places, but that's still not complete.
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There is no last digit to pi. It goes on forever.

I know it out to 3.14159265 and that's it. So 9 digits. I don't see the point it memorizing it though. I only memorized it because when I was little I got into BASIC programming and used to enter it as it was in the book for every program that used it.
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Like I said MOST people do not know that the last digit is actually a 7, you guys are in the most.

 
Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
Originally posted by: electron
Originally posted by: Beau
Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
most people don't know it - but the last digit of pi is a 7
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Didn't think a complete calculation of pi has been made... Most extensive calculation of it is at 200 billion decimal places, but that's still not complete.
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There is no last digit to pi. It goes on forever.

I know it out to 3.14159265 and that's it. So 9 digits. I don't see the point it memorizing it though. I only memorized it because when I was little I got into BASIC programming and used to enter it as it was in the book for every program that used it.
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Like I said MOST people do not know that the last digit is actually a 7, you guys are in the most.
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Ok show us the last digit in squence from each number of pi, and show every number leading up to it (it you need to show 200 billion decimal places, do it)
 
well here is the last couple in that sequence

463056390563492074046737

For some reason my pc had a hard time pasting in all previous 17.3 quindecillion characters that I just finished typing in by hand since your requested it, maybe I'll try just a quick trillion if ATOT reply to messge forum window can handle it.
 
just out of inspiration of this thread, I printed off that huge list of numbers and memorized it up until..


3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
 
Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
well here is the last couple in that sequence

463056390563492074046737

For some reason my pc had a hard time pasting in all previous 17.3 quindecillion characters that I just finished typing in by hand since your requested it, maybe I'll try just a quick trillion if ATOT reply to messge forum window can handle it.
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lame :thumbsdown:
 
I have roughly 14 memorized.

Sadly I memorized them in 6th or 7th grade. I have never looked at it since and I can still remember all the numbers🙁 I'm such a geek!
 
if pi was the over/under for how many times this kid gets laid in his life after 'accomplishing' this, which do you take?
 
Please don't ask why, but I have it to 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169

and wouldn't this thread have been more appropriate on the 14th?
 
That's the thing, they aren't memorizing (though perhaps some) the numbers themselves. The people who can recite the extremely long strings are using a completely different method of number calculation the what the rest of us use.
 
Originally posted by: TGS
That's the thing, they aren't memorizing (though perhaps some) the numbers themselves. The people who can recite the extremely long strings are using a completely different method of number calculation the what the rest of us use.
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Calculation? You must be joking. That's harder than rote memorization. NO way I'm going to believe these kids are doing Mclauren or Taylor series polynomials in their heads. I can't remember right now but one is used for calculation of pi and the other for e, or something like that. It's been years since I took calculus.
 
Originally posted by: ELopes580
Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060316/ap_on_sc/pi_prodigy

Gaurav began memorizing Pi while a student in Gooding's class. Gooding holds the competition every year, and said she expected students to learn about 40 digits. Gaurav recited nearly 2,990 the first time.
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What's the point of requiring kids to remembering that? That serves no useful purpose. How about teaching them something more useful and practical. No wonder reports show American kids are falling behind the world. The teachers are wasting precious time and brain power "expecting" them to recite 40 digits of PI. :roll:
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It was a playful competition not some fvcking graduation requirement. What was the most impressive thing you ever did by the time you were 15? :roll: Get over youself.
 
for those of you wondering why people would memorize and recite Pi (other than for record/bragging purposes), it's because the numbers appear to be random and thus have no logical sequence. Thus, it's a good way to demonstrate good memory.
 
Originally posted by: electron
Originally posted by: TGS
That's the thing, they aren't memorizing (though perhaps some) the numbers themselves. The people who can recite the extremely long strings are using a completely different method of number calculation the what the rest of us use.
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Calculation? You must be joking. That's harder than rote memorization. NO way I'm going to believe these kids are doing Mclauren or Taylor series polynomials in their heads. I can't remember right now but one is used for calculation of pi and the other for e, or something like that. It's been years since I took calculus.
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Link, Daniel Tammet calculates numbers using shapes and colors. He also has a system for classifying up to 10,000 with a "unique shape and feel". The way he calculates numbers is clearly different from traditional mathmatics that is taught in schools today.

There is also the training kids recieve on the abacus. Where they can visualize using an abacus and do huge calculations accurately.
 
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