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Swedish 1
3.14159265
35897932
384626433
83279502+
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Hör I alla i kväll Arkimedes ju lovade komma
Han skall pitalets vanskliga siffror framställa för Er
Dem förvisso rätt mången ej minnes utan ett ode
Tjugotvå giv åt täljarn, nämnarens värde noll sju.
by Gustaf Lindborg (teacher of Mathematics at Uppsala general
high school at the beginning of this century)
Comments:
The first zero of the decimal representation is fixed by using the
word "noll" which is zero in Swedish.
framställa is a wrong word. I suggest: framlägga
Translation:
Listen you all tonight Archimedes promised to come
He will the pi numeber's the tricky digits produce for you
They are truly not remembered by most people without a poem
(the old Viking type)
Twentytwo give to the numerator, the denominator's value zero seven.
From: Andrejs Dunkels
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Hör, i alla i kväll Arkimedes ju lovade komma
han skall pitalets mystifika siffror klarlägga för er
dem förvisso ej mången minnes utan ett ode
tjugotvå giv åt täljarn nämnarens värde noll sju.
Comment:
In the last line noll= 0
From: Ingemar Nilsson
Editor's Note: Read:
ej mången minnes --> rätt mången ej minnes
Swedish 2
3.14159
265358
979
323846264
3383279
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Ack, o fasa, π numer förringas
ty skolan låter var adept itvingas
räknelära medelst räknedosa
och så ges tilltron till tabell en dyster kosa.
Nej, låt istället dem nu tokpoem bibringas!
Translation:
Oh no, (pi) is nowadays belittled
for the school makes each student learn
arithmetic with the help of calculators
and thus the tables have a sad future.
No, let us instead read silly poems!
Reference:
It seems as it was written by a "daily verse" journalist at one of
Sweden's daily newspaper in the early 70's or so. (A "daily verse"
is a short witty poem often with contents of a satirical or
philosophical nature.)
From: Frank Wikström