Prose in Pi
"May I tell a story purposing to render clear the ratio circular perimeter breadth, revealing one of the problems most famous in modern days, and the greatest man of science anciently known."
- said someone who tried, incredibly, to recite the first 31 digits of Pi. I have tried to use Excel to verify this to find that the commas and period should not be counted and otherwise it is correct. The number of letters in each of 31 words stands for the figure in each of 31 digits of Pi.
I was moved to spot this "story" in the blog of a math-curious Japanese. It is a nice phrase in itself, though I am not interested in literature, and just as impressive as the new Guinness-record winner, who could recite more than 80,000 digits of Pi.
Here is how I used Excel to calculate the number of each word in this "story". This would also be for those who cannot resist trying to challenge further. And Google may be useful to get insight to Pi as we wonder how to get started.
Google & Excel
- said someone who tried, incredibly, to recite the first 31 digits of Pi. I have tried to use Excel to verify this to find that the commas and period should not be counted and otherwise it is correct. The number of letters in each of 31 words stands for the figure in each of 31 digits of Pi.
I was moved to spot this "story" in the blog of a math-curious Japanese. It is a nice phrase in itself, though I am not interested in literature, and just as impressive as the new Guinness-record winner, who could recite more than 80,000 digits of Pi.
Here is how I used Excel to calculate the number of each word in this "story". This would also be for those who cannot resist trying to challenge further. And Google may be useful to get insight to Pi as we wonder how to get started.
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posted by Ken Matsuoka at 1:01 AM
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