![]() Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American. Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions. Introduction to the History of Mathematics, 6th ed. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Keith (1999) considered the set of letters obtained by writing to base 26 with digits, , Mnemonics in various languages are given by Castellanos (1988) and Blatner (1997, Mnemonics in many languages is maintained by A. P. Hatzipolakis. That inimitable lesson in elegance-Lenore. Sorrowful, as one mistreated, unhappy thoughts I heeded: Inflamed by lightning's outbursts, windows cast penumbras upon this floor. Perfectly, the intellect remembers: the ghostly fires, a glittering ember. Silently pondering volumes extolling all by-now obsolete lore.ĭuring my rather long nap-the weirdest tap!Īn ominous vibrating sound disturbing my chamber's antedoor. Words with ten letters represent the digit 0, and those with 11 or more digits are taken to represent two digits. The following stanzas are the first part of a poem written by M. Keith based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." The entire poem gives 740 digits the fragment below gives only the first 80 (Blatner 1997, p. 113). Widths in circle here you see, Sketched out in strange obscurity." (Note that the British spelling of "endeavour" is required here.) Cunningly devised endeavour, Con it and remember ever. ![]() An extension due to S. Bottomley (2001) adds instead the phrase "and if the lectures were boring or tiring, then any odd thinking was on quartic equations again," giving 32 digits (3.1415926535897932384626433832795).Īn even more extensive rhyming mnemonic giving 31 digits is "Now I will a rhyme construct, By chosen words the young instruct. A slight extension of this adds the phrase "All of thy geometry, Herr Planck, is fairly hard," giving 24 digits in all (3.14159265358979323846264). comm., Jul. 31, 2004)Ī more substantial mnemonic giving 15 digits (3.14159265358979) is "How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics," originally due to Sir James Jeans (Gardner 1966, p. 92 Castellanos 1988, p. 152 Eves 1990, p. 122 Davis 1993, p. 9 Blatner 1997, p. 112). Telephone, or pastel color" (M. Amling, pers. Reckon right" gives nine correct digits (3.14159265). A short mnemonic for remembering the first seven decimal digits of is "How I wish I could calculate pi" (C. Heckman,
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