Memorizing Pi – World Records and Techniques
How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
But seriously… is it 3? 5? 10? more than 30? If it’s more than 30 pat yourself on the back because that’s a great accomplishment! If it’s only a few, then no worries. Below we will teach you some techniques that can be used to conquer the digits of pi.
Computations of Pi
Some basic information and a brief time line on computations of the digits of pi:
1540 &#: 35 digits determined
done by German mathematician Ludolph van Ceulen
used a geometric method (just like Archimedes did)
proud of his calculation that took a great part of his life
he had the digits engraved on his tombstone
1949: 2, 037 digits computed (John von Neumann et al.)
1973: Over one million digits computed
1989: One billion digits computed (Chudnovsky brothers)
2010: 2.7 trillion digits computed (F. Bellard)
In the near future: Almost all of them computed?
Who memorizes pi?
This is just a joke. It does bear a tiny bit of truth but the two sets of people aren’t mutually exclusive. I am both a scientist and a science fan!
Digits Memorized vs. Year (Graph)
Record Holders*: David Fiore
April 1st, 1979:
David Fiore wrote down 10,625 decimal places of pi
He was 18 years old at the time
He is known as the first person to ever break 10,000 decimal places
It took him three hours and five minutes
Record Holders*: Creighton Carvello ()June 27th, 1980:
Creighton Carvello recited 20,013 decimal places of pi
2003: he recalled 3,500 facts about every FA Cup Final since 1872 (names of referees, goal scorers, teams, crowd attendances, scores, venues…)
Memorized the exact sequence of 10,000 words from Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea
Recited 17 random digits after seeing them for 2 seconds
Record Holders*: Rajan MahadevanJuly 5, 1981:
Rajan Mahadevan recited 31,811 digits of pi
He discovered his exceptional ability to memorize numbers at the age of 4 during a party hosted by his family
During the party, Rajan wandered to a parking lot and committed the license plate numbers of every guest’s car for recitation later
A quote: “I am not good at remembering words – words confuse my system of memorizing. Numbers, I have no problems at all. I put away huge numbers in something similar to a computer file and I can recall them even after decades.”
Record Holders*: Hideaki TomoyoriMarch 10th, 1987:
Hideaki Tomoyori recited 40,000 decimal places of pi
Took him 17 hours 21 minutes (including breaks totaling 4 hours 15 minutes) to recite
Took him 10 years to memorize 40,000 decimal places
Record Holders*: Chao LuNovember 20th, 2005:
Chao Lu recited 67,890 decimal places of pi
Took him 24 hours 4 minutes to recite (with no breaks)
Took him 1 year to memorize 100,000 digits (he made a mistake at the 67,891th digit when going for the record)
He is the current (official) record holder
In 2006, Akira Haraguchi, a retired Japanese engineer, claimed to have recited 100,000 decimal places. This, however, has yet to be verified by Guinness World Records.
Unofficial: Andriy SlyusarchukJune 17th, 2009:
A. Slyusarchuk claims to have 30 million digits memorized
The digits are printed in 20 volumes of text
He is a neurosurgeon, medical doctor and professor
He was able to recite randomly selected sequences from within the first 30 million places of pi
Reciting 30 million digits of pi at one digit a second would take 347 days (nonstop)
No officially documented attempt to debunk his claims has been successful as of yet
Why memorize pi? To beat Grace!May 12th, 2008:
Grace Hare recited 31 digits of pi
It took her 18 seconds
She is 3 years old and the youngest record holder
How to memorize pi? Piems!A piem is a (pi) poem where the length of each word represents a digit of piFor example, the following piem encodes the string: 3. 58
PieI wish I could determine piEureka! cried the great inventor.Christmas pudding, Christmas pieIs the problem’s very center.
Notice that: Pie = 3; I = 1; wish = 4; I = 1; could = 5; determine = 9; pi = 2;Eureka=6; cried=5; the=3; great=5; inventor=8;and so on. Thus, each word represents a digit of pi.
My favourite piems!There’s over a bazillion piems and variations (lots and lots). The best ones are:
May I have a large container of coffee right now?
Hey, I need a large motorboat to rescue women and girls.3.
God! I need a drink,
Alcoholic of course,After all those lecturesInvolving radical equations.3.8 979
Long Piems
The short story Cadaeic Cadenza encodes 3835 digits
It was written in 1996 by Mike Keith
Words of length 10 encode the digit 0
Words of length 11 (or 12) encode the two consecutive digits 1,1 (or 1,2)
2010: In his book Not A Wake, Keith extends to 10,000 digits of pi
Technique: Grouping Digits
Split pi into small groups of digits (like 4 digits or 5, 6, 7, whatever you are comfortable with)
Focus on memorizing the first small group
Some people find singing it helps
When comfortable with the first group, move on to the next
Cons: If you lose your spot, you may have to start over.
Grouping Example: (3.14159) (26535) (8979323) (84626) (4338327) (95028) (8419716) (93993) (7510582) (09749) (4459230)
Start by memorizing (3.14159) for a minute… then add the next group (26535) and practice for two minutes. Then add the third group and practice until you are comfortable (REPEAT!!)
Classic Memory Techniques – The Major System
: Convert numbers into sounds.
Sounds without numbers are used as ‘fillers’
Form words from the sounds
In practice, use 100 ‘peg words’: rat is 41; bar is 94
Classic Memory Techniques – Link System
Start by converting each digit of pi to its corresponding phonetic sound
Group sounds together to create a list of words
Words created should be actions or objects
Alternatively, use your ‘fixed’ peg words for the number
Use the : Link words together into a long chain by using a sequence of events, a story, or a journey. The CRAZIER the story the BETTER!!
Example: 3.14 15 92 —& 14 = 15 = 92 =
You are standing at the biggest door you have every seen.You knock at the door and this Raggedy Ann doll answers.Out of nowhere, she smacks you with a pan she is holding!
Coordinate Method
Pros: Can recite starting at any decimal spot (if you lose your spot, you don’t have to start over)
First 10 decimal places () associated with 0
Use the Major System to encode as: turtle-pinochle-mall and link it to 0 (saw)
Example: Picture yourself using a saw to cut open a turtle who is playing pinochle at the mall
Next 10 digits () would be linked to 1 in the same manner
Next 10 digits linked to 2
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一般现在时将来进行时过去完成进行时过去将来时的被动语态
一般现在时的概念：
表示通常性、规律性、习惯性的状态或者动作（有时间规律发生的事件）的一种时间状态。 一般现在时的用法：
1）经常性或习惯性的动作，常与表示频度的时间状语连用。常用的时间状语有every...，sometimes，at...，on Sunday等。例如：I leave home for school at 7 every morning. 每天早上我七点离开家。 2）客观真理，客观存在，科学事实。例如：The earth moves around the sun. 地球绕太阳转动。　 &&&&&&&&&&& Shang hai lies in the east of China. 上海位于中国东部。 3）表示格言或警句。例如：Pride goes before a fall.　骄者必败。　注意：此用法如果出现在宾语从句中，即使主句是过去时，从句谓语也要用一般现在时。例如：Columbus proved that the earth is round. 哥伦布证实了地球是圆的。 4）现在时刻的状态、能力、性格、个性。例如：I don't want so much. 我不要那么多。　&&&&&&&&&&&&Ann writes good English but does not speak well. 安英语写得不错，讲的可不行。比较：Now I put the sugar in the cup. 把糖放入杯子。　　　 &&&&&&&&&&& I am doing my homework now. 我正在做功课。　　第一句用一般现在时，用于操作演示或指导说明的示范性动作，表示言行的瞬间动作。第二句中的now是进行时的标志，表示正在进行的动作的客观状况，所以后句用一般现在时。一般现在时知识体系：
&一般现在时用法拓展：
1、一般现在时表将来： 1）下列动词come, go, arrive, leave, start, begin, return的一般现在时可以表示将来，主要用来表示在时间上已确定或安排好的事情。例如：The train leaves at six tomorrow morning. 火车明天上午六点开。　　　&&&&&&&—When does the bus star? 汽车什么时候开&&&&&& —It stars in ten minutes. ？十分钟后。 2）以here, there 等开始的倒装句，表示动作正在进行。例如：Here comes the bus.=The bus is coming. 车来了。　　　&&&&&&&&&&& There goes the bell.=The bell is ringing. 铃响了。 3）在时间或条件句中。例如：When Bill comes（不是will come）, ask him to wait for me. 比尔来后，让他等我。　　　&&&&&&&&&&&&I'll write to you as soon as I arrive there. 我到了那里，就写信给你。 4）在动词hope, take care that, make sure that 等的宾语从句中。例如：I hope they have a nice time next week. 我希望他们下星期玩得开心。　　　&&&&&&&&&&& Make sure that the windows are closed before you leave the room. 离开房间前，务必把窗户关了。2、一般现在时代替一般将来时： When, while, before, fter, till, once, as soon as, so long as, by the time, if, in case（that）, unless, even if, whether, the moment, the minute, the day, the year, immediately等引导的时间状语从句，条件句中，用一般现在时代替将来时。例如：He is going to visit her aunt the day he arrives in Beijing. 他一到北京，就去看他姨妈。3、一般现在时代替一般过去时：1）"书上说"，"报纸上说"等。例如：The news paper says that it's going to be cold tomorrow. 报纸上说明天会很冷的。　2）叙述往事，使其生动。例如：Napoleon's army now advances and the great battle begins. 拿破仑的军队正在向前挺进，大战开始了 4、一般现在时代替现在完成时：1）有些动词用一般现在时代替完成时，如hear, tell, learn, write, understand, forget, know, find, say, remember等。例如：I hear（=haveheard）he will go to London. 我听说了他将去伦敦。　&&&&&&&&&&& I forget（=have forgotten）how old he is. 我忘了他多大了。 2）用句型"It is…since…"代替"It has been…since…"。例如：It is（=has been）five years since we last met. 从我们上次见面以来，五年过去了。 5、一般现在时代替现在进行时：在Here comes…/There goes…等句型里，用一般现在时代替现在进行时。例如：There goes the bell.铃响了。时态一致：　1、如果从句所叙述的为真理或相对不变的事实，则用现在时。例如：At that time, people did not know that the earth moves. 那时，人们不知道地球是动的。　&&&&&&&&&&& He told me last week that he is eighteen.上星期他告诉我他十八岁了。　2、宾语从句中的，助动词ought, need, must, dare的时态是不变的。例如：He thought that I need not tell you the truth. 他认为我不必告诉你真相。将来进行时的概念：
表示将来某时进行的状态或动作，或按预测将来会发生的事情。例如：She'll becoming soon. 她会很快来的。　　　&&&&&&&&&&& I'l lbe meeting him sometime in the future. 将来我一定去见他。将来进行时的基本用法： 　　
1、将来进行时表示将来某一时间正在进行的动作： 　　如：Don't phone me between 5 and 6. We'll be having dinner then. 五点至六点之间不要给我打电话，那时我们在吃饭。 　　&&&&&&& When I get home, my wife will probably be watching television. 当我到家时，我太太可能正在看电视。 　　2、表示按计划或安排要发生的动作： 　　如：I will be seeing you next week. 我下个星期来看你。 　　&&&&&&& I'll be taking my holidays soon. 不久我将度假了。 　　&&&&&&& We shall be going to London next week.下周我们要去伦敦。 　　3、将来进行时表示委婉语气： 　　如：Will you be having some tea? 喝点茶吧。 　　&&&&&&& Will you be needing anything else? 你还需要什么吗？ 　　将来进行时与一般将来时的区别：　　
（1）两者基本用法不一样：将来进行时表示将来某时正在进行的动作，一般将来时表示将来某时将要发生的动作：　　如：What will you be doing this time tomorrow? 明天这个时候你会在做什么呢？　　&&&&&&& What will you do tomorrow? 你明天干什么？　　（2）两者均可表示将来，但用将来进行时语气更委婉：如：When will you finish these letters? 你什么什候处理完这些信件？(直接询问，如上司对下属)　　 &&&&&&& When will you be seeing Mr White? 你什么时候见怀特先生？(委婉地询问，如下属对上司)　　&& &&&&&&& When will you pay back the money?你什么时候还钱？(似乎在直接讨债)　　&&&&&&&&When will you be paying back the money? 这钱你什么时候还呢？(委婉地商量)　　（3）有时一般将来中的will含有“愿意”的意思，而用将来进行时则只是单纯地谈未来情况：　　如：Mary won't pay this bill. 玛丽不肯付这笔钱。(表意愿)　　&&&&&&&&Mary won't be paying this bill. 不会由玛丽来付钱。(单纯谈未来情况)过去完成进行时：
过去完成进行时，就是相对过去的某个时刻来说已经对现在有直接影响并且还在进行的动作。放在间接引语或虚拟语气中时它的时态不能再向前推，向后推是现在完成进行时。过去完成进行时是由"had been + 现在分词"构成。 　　 例如：She had been suffering from a bad cold when she took the exam. 　　&&&&&&&&&&&& 她在考试之前一直患重感冒。 过去完成进行时构成：过去完成进行时是由"hadbeen+现在分词"构成。 　　如：She had been suffering from a bad cold when she took the exam. 她在考试之前一直患重感。 　　&&&&&&& Had they been expecting the news for some time? 他们期待这个消息有一段时间了吧？
过去完成进行时用法：　　1、表示过去某一时间之前一直进行的动作。过去完成进行时表示动作在过去某一时间之前开始，一直延续到这一过去时间。和过去完成时一样，过去完成进行时也必须以一过去时间为前提。过去完成进行时也是一个相对的时态，上下文中须有明示或暗示的作为参照的过去的时间。 　　如：I had been looking for it for days before I found it. 这东西我找了好多天才找着。 　　如：They had only been waiting for the bus a few minutes when it came. 他们只等了几分钟车就来了。 　　2、表示反复的动作。 　　如：He had been mentioning your name to me. 他过去多次向我提到过你的名字。 　　3、过去完成进行时还常用于间接引语中。 　　如：The doctor asked what he had been eating. 医生问他吃了什么。 　　&&&&&&& I asked where they had been staying all those days. 我问他们那些天呆在哪儿。 　　4、过去完成进行时之后也可接具有"突然"之意的when分句。 　　如：I had only been reading a few minutes when he came in. 我刚看了几分钟他就进来了。 　　&&&&&&& She'd only been reviewing her lessons for a short while when her little sister in terrupted her. 她温习功课才一会儿，她妹妹就打断她了。过去完成进行时和过去完成时的比较：　　
如：She had cleaned the office, so it was very tidy. 她已经打扫过办公室了，所以很整洁。(强调结果) 　　&&&&&&& She had been cleaning the office, so we had to wait outside. 她一直在打扫办公室，所以我们不得不在外面等着。(强调动作一直在进行)过去将来时的被动语态的概念：
过去将来一般时的被动语态的主语是第一人称时用should be加及物动词的过去分词构成；主语是第二、三人称时用would be加及物动词的过去分词构成。 例如：He said that something would be needed to finish the task. 他说要完成这项任务，需要某种条件。&&&&&&&&&&&过去将来时的被动语态的用法：
过去将来时的被动语态常出现在英语间接引语中，其形式为：(1)would/should+be+动词的过去分词(2)was/were+going to be+动词的过去分词. 如：He said the project would be finished by the time we reached there.&&&&&&& She said that some new factories would be built soon in our city.&& &&&&&&& He thought that your watch was going to be mended after an hour.&&&&&&& He said that something would be needed to finish the task. 他说要完成这项任务，需要某种条件。 &&&&&&& It was said that they would be selected by lottery. 据说他们将抽签选出。
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