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By 1600, Ludolph van Ceulen (circa 1600) computed the first 32 decimal places of Pi. He was so proud of this accomplishment that he had them inscribed on his tombstone. The last digit was a zero, and he thought he'd completed it!

 

3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 50

 

(breaking it in chunks of ten helps it to be readable)

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QUOTE (Nunavuter @ May 11 2006, 10:17 PM)
By 1600, Ludolph van Ceulen (circa 1600) computed the first 32 decimal places of Pi. He was so proud of this accomplishment that he had them inscribed on his tombstone. The last digit was a zero, and he thought he'd completed it!

3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 50

(breaking it in chunks of ten helps it to be readable)

Let me guess-you're a math teacher.

 

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QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ May 11 2006, 09:26 PM)
QUOTE (Nunavuter @ May 11 2006, 10:17 PM)
By 1600, Ludolph van Ceulen (circa 1600) computed the first 32 decimal places of Pi. He was so proud of this accomplishment that he had them inscribed on his tombstone. The last digit was a zero, and he thought he'd completed it!

3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 50

(breaking it in chunks of ten helps it to be readable)

Let me guess-you're a math teacher.

Nope...I'm a science journalist

 

3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841

 

'41 was the year the USA entered WWII

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