So here's a dude over in Japan who went for a Guinness World Record by memorizing and reciting pi to 100,000 decimal places: "3.141592653589793..."
Hunh. Back when I was in high school, budding geek that I was, I had pi memorized to 120 decimal places, of which I can still regurgitate the first 30 or so today. I also had e memorized to a good many decimal places.
I understand this sort of thing is easier in Japanese, where the names of numbers can be formed into mnemonic plays on words which can then be strung together into a story.
e is BY DEFINITION easier to remember than pi. That long string of repeating "1828" makes it super easy.
ReplyDeleteAh yes... e = 2.71828182845904523536... And once upon a time, I had it memorized to another 30 or 40 decimal places beyond that...
ReplyDeleteIt's cause you are a smart man. Have your own language and know the colors of each day ;-)
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