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Article #199Re: Silly Mnemonic Tricks
From: Alan Schwartz
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 08:25
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 08:25
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In article <9BA=#Z+@engin.umich.edu> jxm@engin.umich.edu (John Murray) writes:
>Also, count the letters in the following
>to obtain the first eleven digits of e
>
>"To express e, remember to memorize a sentence to simplify this"
>
>Neat, cos it kinda self-referential!
>I'm sure there are plenty of similar
>ones for the digits of Pi.
Here's one from (if I recall) "The Gentle Art of Mathematics" by Dan Pedoe:
"Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling
in mystic words and magic spelling
celestial sprites eludicate
all my own striving can't relate."
First 20 digits of pi, and the comma after Sir serves as the decimal point.
- Alan Schwartz
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