Check this out if you have not yet seen it _ http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/12/pi.day.math/index.html?hpt=C2
Some interesting facts- Record for calculation: 2.7 trillion digits (by Fabrice Bellard, December 2009) Record for memorization: 67,890 digits (by Chao Lu, 2005) How random? There are no occurences of the sequence 123456 in the first million digits of pi They also have the first 10,000 digits shown. Enjoy - mike Mike B. Feher, N4FS 89 Arnold Blvd. Howell, NJ, 07731 732-886-5960 -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Mike Feher Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:10 PM To: david.partri...@perdrix.co.uk; 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Choke Ring Pictures Very appropriate for today - international pi day. Talk about "time nuts", we are not even close. - 73 - Mike Mike B. Feher, N4FS 89 Arnold Blvd. Howell, NJ, 07731 732-886-5960 -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of David C. Partridge Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:05 PM To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Choke Ring Pictures >definition of "pie" 3.1415926535 etc ? Ooops D. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
