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English 1
3.1415+
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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
3.1415
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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
3.141592653+
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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.