Could someone put this in laymans terms....memorizing pi

PhatmonB6 · 10-04-2006, 11:27 AM

I was never good at math..but what exactaly did this guy do that he had to take a break every one to two hours. I read the story but am still confused...so any help would be nice.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061004/.../memorizing_pi

Dale Proctor · 10-04-2006, 12:20 PM

Well, pi is an infinite decimal, so there are an infinite number of places following 3. This guy recited 100,000 places from memory, taking him 16 hours. If you're sitting in one place talking for 16 hours, you need a few breaks!

Thermos · 10-04-2006, 06:50 PM

he recited this number from memory: http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~huberty/ma...pe/digits.html

I'm assuming thats the right number of digits-didnt count them!

There are no patterns that would allowhim to figure it out on the spot.

He used many memory tricks im sure- for example, one that allowed me to (without trying) memorise pi to about 30 decimal places (it was part of a school presentation): Associate each digit of pi (0-9) with a scale degree- 9 would 2 above the octave, and i imagine 0 could be 3 above the octave. Make a song out of it, using some kind of rhythm.

Vulgano Brother · 10-04-2006, 07:28 PM

Sorta like in Blood Sweat & Tears' Hi-De-Ho?

Brekelefuw · 10-05-2006, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vulgano Brother

Sorta like in Blood Sweat & Tears' Hi-De-Ho?

That isn't what the song is about is it?

All I listen for in that song is the screaming high note at the climax. It always gives me shivers.

Vulgano Brother · 10-05-2006, 12:23 PM

"Hi-De-Ho, Hi-De-Hi, 'gonna get me a piece of that pi..."

Dale Proctor · 10-05-2006, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vulgano Brother

"Hi-De-Ho, Hi-De-Hi, 'gonna get me a piece of that pi..."

Man, that joke's so bad it hurts.......

Eclipsehornplayer · 10-05-2006, 01:19 PM

It's stinging in Georgia too!

hunsicker · 10-05-2006, 11:45 PM

Wow. If I ever get depressed thinking about how much of my life I've spent working on getting (or trying to get) music out of a piece of pipe, I'll just think about this guy and how much time he wasted doing this.

"Somtimes you have to compare." (Ingemar -- from the film My Life as a Dog).

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Thermos Pianissimo User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 53	he recited this number from memory: http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~huberty/ma...pe/digits.html I'm assuming thats the right number of digits-didnt count them! There are no patterns that would allowhim to figure it out on the spot. He used many memory tricks im sure- for example, one that allowed me to (without trying) memorise pi to about 30 decimal places (it was part of a school presentation): Associate each digit of pi (0-9) with a scale degree- 9 would 2 above the octave, and i imagine 0 could be 3 above the octave. Make a song out of it, using some kind of rhythm.

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hunsicker New Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 48	Wow. If I ever get depressed thinking about how much of my life I've spent working on getting (or trying to get) music out of a piece of pipe, I'll just think about this guy and how much time he wasted doing this. "Somtimes you have to compare." (Ingemar -- from the film My Life as a Dog). __________________ Bill Hunsicker ---------------------------------------- "For [he] was more dangerous than any thief or sexual molester -- he was a man who believed he had God on his side." ----- Horace Rumpole (of the Bailey) [a character by John Mortimer] Last edited by hunsicker; 10-07-2006 at 12:51 PM.

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