English 1

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Yes, I have a number.

P. Ar., p. 274

Comment:
The number of letters in the words gives an approximation 
and the comma is the decimal point.  
From: Bryant Lavaring


                                  English 1a

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See, I know a digit.

M - H - H, p. 371

                                  English 2


3.141592+
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How I wish I 
Could calculate pie. 

http://www.el.net/~sbull/ssgi/tips.html 


                                  English 3

3.141592
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How I wish I could recollect Pi.

From: Rod Bramald

                                  English 4

3.1415926
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How I wish I could enumerate Pi easily.

Dewdney I, p. 12 = Dewdney (de), p. 56 = Castellanos, p. 153

Editor's Note: 
Dewdney asked readers to find an extension of the above pi mnemonic.
EXtensions follow.

                                                X1

3.1415926
535897
9323846
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How I wish I could enumerate Pi easily, 
since all these (censored) mnemonics prevent 
recalling any of pi's sequence more simply.

By Peter M. Brigham (Brighton, Massachussets, USA)

Dewdney II, 23 = Dewdney (de), p. 56 = Castellanos, p. 153

                                                X2

3.1415926
535897
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How I wish I could enumerate Pi easily, 
which men known skillful calculate forever ...

By Jay L. Jung (Tempe, Arizona, USA)

Dewdney II, 23 = Dewdney (de), p. 56

Editor's Note:
Jung's mnemonic was for 110 digits. Dewdney gave the first 14.


                                  English 5

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The end of Scott's section (Pi)oetry & (Pi)rose (question for students):
Complete the following mnemonic for pi:

Yes. I want a juicy hamburger or French apple-.

Scott, p. 31


                                  English 6

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                                                1

May I have a large container of coffee?

Davis, p. 9
Eves, p. 122
Gardner I, p. 92
M - H - H, p. 371
Scott, p. 30

                                                2


Can I have a small container of coffee?

From: Geoffrey Akst

                                                3


Can I have a large container of coffee.

From: Helen Grundman  

                                  English 7

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God, I see a silly bluesbird on yonder maple tree. 

by Hans van Leeuwen

From: Hans van Leeuwen

                                  English 8

3.14159
265
3589
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                                                1

See, I have a rhyme assisting 
my feeble brain, 
its tasks oft-times resisting.

Scientific American Supplement 1914 = Eves, p. 122
M - H - H, p. 371

                                                2

See, I have a rhyme assisting 
my feeble brain,
its tasks sometimes resisting.

Comment:
The comma after the first word "see" reminds one to place the 
decimal point.

From: Elaine Carbone

 
                                  English 9

{3}.
14159
26535
89
7
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                                                1

I know a maths professor. 
He always weeps and sighs,
whenever polyhedra 
capsize...

by Clive J. Grimstone, London, England.

Dewdney II, p. 25 = Dewdney (de), p. 56

Editor's Note:
Grimstone's mnemonic was for 100 digits (the initial 3 is not included).
Dewdney gave the first 13.

                                                2

I know a young professor 
he always weeps and sighs,
whenever polyhedra 
capsize.

From: Simon Read <s.read@cranfield.ac.uk>
Date:15 Aug 96 14:37:25 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.math
Subject: Re: What is Pi past the 11th place?


                                  English 10

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                                                1

How I wish I could recollect of circle round
The exact relation Archimede unwound.

P. Ar., p. 274

                                                2

How I wish I could recollect of circle round
The exact relation Archimedes found.

 
From: Mike Porter, H. F. Tanner

Editor's Note: Read: 
Archimedes found --> Archimede unwound

                                                3

How I wish I could remember, of circle round,
the exact relation Arximedes found!

From:  Barbara Keyfitz

Editor's Notes: Read: 
remember --> recollect
found --> unwound
Arximedes: x = the Greek letter chi.