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83,431 Recited Digits of Pi
i_like_spam writes "59-year-old Akira Haraguchi of Japan recently broke the world record for the recited number of digits of Pi. Haraguchi-san recited an amazing 83,431 digits of Pi during a 13-hour overnight stretch. This almost doubles the previous record of 42,195 digits by fellow Japanese Hiroyuki Goto.
Though it is not yet updated to reflect the new record, the Pi-World-Ranking-List has the rules for participation and breaks down the ranking by world, continent, and country. Links to world rankings for memorized digits of E and Sqrt(2) are also given."
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83,431 digits of Pi during a 13-hour overnight stretch. This more than doubles the previous record of 42,195
42,195 * 2 = 84,390. That's 959 digits short of just doubling.
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
83,431 digits of Pi during a 13-hour overnight stretch. This more than doubles the previous record of 42,195 Err... 42,195 doubled is less than 83,431...?
How ... pointless!
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