Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Three point something, I think

Akira Haraguchi, 59 of Tokyo, recited Pi from memory to 83,431 decimal places, nearly twice the previous record of 42,195 set in 1995. According to a BBC News report, Haraguchi lost his place three hours into his first try and had to start over. Last year, he made it to about 54,000 decimal places but had to call it quits when the facility where the event was held closed its doors for the night.

(via Boing Boing)

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