The Gun Of Bavaria Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Man recites pi from memory to 83,431 places Japanese counselor breaks his own personal best The Associated Press Updated: 6:32 p.m. ET July 3, 2005 TOKYO - A Japanese psychiatric counselor has recited pi to 83,431 decimal places from memory, breaking his own personal best of 54,000 digits and setting an unofficial world record, a media report said Saturday. Akira Haraguchi, 59, had begun his attempt to recall the value of pi - a mathematical value that has an infinite number of decimal places - at a public hall in Chiba city, east of Tokyo, on Friday morning and appeared to give up by noon after only reaching 16,000 decimal places, the Tokyo Shimbun said on its Web site. But a determined Haraguchi started anew and had broken his old record on Friday evening, about 11 hours after first sitting down to his task, the paper said. He reached the 80,000-digit mark after midnight early Saturday, according to the paper, which had a photo showing Haraguchi with his eyes closed, his face contorted in concentration. If verified and recognized by the Guinness Book of Records, Haraguchi's feat would beat his own previous best - currently under review - of 54,000 digits. The official current record-holder, also Japanese, calculated pi from memory to 42,195 decimal places in 1995. Pi, usually given as an abbreviated 3.14, is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle. The number has fascinated and confounded mathematicians for centuries. Aided by a supercomputer, a University of Tokyo mathematician set the world record for figuring out pi to 1.24 trillion decimal places in 2002. Researchers say that calculating pi to more than about 1,000 decimal places has not much purpose in math or engineering, though mathematicians have done so to test the accuracy and limits of supercomputers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormshadow19 Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 LOL Gun ... it takes more then pi to catch me ok i was tempted to say he is a bit old for me... but the proverbial sad old jokes might appear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Ok gg..off the hook. I was about to PM yer ass and give you the third degree!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 atleast he didnt choke on his wifes face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Yes, but could he win her heart by trotting out some old Who lyrics???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Yes, but could he win her heart by trotting out some old Who lyrics???? there is only one who could do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanTX Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 LOL Gun ... it takes more then pi to catch me ok i was tempted to say he is a bit old for me... but the proverbial sad old jokes might appear What old jokes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 What old jokes? oh then i must have been mistaken tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARodJetsFan Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 oh then i must have been mistaken tx Did you use TX and mistaken in the same sentence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Did you use TX and mistaken in the same sentence? well usually they go together dont they, Arod Oh dear is that i a picture of your cutie??? All i see is a red x... i have to refresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARodJetsFan Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 well usually they go together dont they, Arod Oh dear is that i a picture of your cutie??? All i see is a red x... i have to refresh. Yes to both questions Greenie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Oh dear is that i a picture of your cutie??? All i see is a red x... i have to refresh. Yes to both questions Greenie. OY! i cant see him i am sure he is a handsome little devil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARodJetsFan Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Yes to both questions Greenie. OY! i cant see him i am sure he is a handsome little devil! If you right click and highlight show picture, you should be able to see him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Come on now, Greengal's new boyfriend won't be somebody who could break a record by reciting Pi to the 378th decimal place. It will be somebody who can do creative things with pie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Come on now, Greengal's new boyfriend won't be somebody who could break a record by reciting Pi to the 378th decimal place. It will be somebody who can do creative things with pie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetman_67 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Come on now, Greengal's new boyfriend won't be somebody who could break a record by reciting Pi to the 378th decimal place. It will be somebody who can do creative things with pie... Enjoying Tequilla is also a must Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Well come on now brother, that is a given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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