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[F.P.]

with this nickname you should.

 

[Swoncen]

F.P. how many do you know?

 

[Sin-H]

F.P. knows officially 6098 digits.

 

[F.P.]

Thanks Stefan.

As stated here:
http://www.pi-world-ranking-list.com/lists/details/presslaber.html

 

[Ewks]

How much free time do you guys have?! I wouldn't have time to memorize any of the digits 'cause I have to study for school. I hardly have time to practice for the Euro Champs.

 

[F.P.]

Hm, I don't go to school anymore and I never had to study when I did got to school.

When you meet your friends, go out at the weekends or watch TV I'm sitting in my room and memorizing Pi.
It just depends on your priorities..."no time" is no excuse.

 

[Ewks]

Well... When I'm not in school I do my homework or cube. But maybe I start memorizing Pi when I get out of school(maybe not). Anyway I'm already geeky enough being on the math class in my school and talking about my calculator when I'm on lunch break.

 

[shelley]

I can't get further than the first 3.

Irony?

 

[Piercy]

I'm now back to 200.

 

[Swoncen]

Hm, I don't go to school anymore and I never had to study when I did got to school.

When you meet your friends, go out at the weekends or watch TV I'm sitting in my room and memorizing Pi.
It just depends on your priorities..."no time" is no excuse.

How do you memorize such an amount of digits?

 

[F.P.]

Certain mnemotechniques...I changed my system pretty often.

I started with the basic major system from 0-99 and routes. I memorised the first 1000 digits with that system. Then I changed to a "no system"-system...I memorised 2000 digits of Pi by detecting certain patterns...that was actually pretty awesome.

Then I changed to the major system from 0-999 and memorised about 4000 digits with that (without routes...straight story; would have been such a waste of routes actually).

 

[cubeman34]

i would like to know a little more about those systems

 

[rubiks to the third]

400, but not in order

 

[F.P.]

i would like to know a little more about those systems

reminds me...I finally should make those vids on mnemotechniques.

 

[Swoncen]

I'm also interested

 

[tim]

Me too .

 

[F.P.]

Me too .

Don't you know enough about it?

 

[MTGjumper]

A mate told me today that if I memorised Pi to 100 decimal places, he would give me £5. If I didn't, I had to give him £1. Best get to work =P

 

[Jude]

Hm, funny I should read this topic, just a few days ago (before I saw this) I decided to learn Pi. So far I'm on 3.1415926535897932384626433
For some reason, about the same time, I started learning people in my school year's phone numbers, I know 20+ of those at the moment

 

[Escher]

heh Chukk i know about as much as you know, as well as the next 2 numbers - 83.
i learnt it in groups of 3. for some reason thats just easier for me.
3. <- everyone
141 <- knows these
592
653 i think strings of 3 just break it down nicely
589 and are quite easy to commit to memory.
793 For example the first 3 triplets just run off the tongue
238
462
643
383