2007-03-14

(Thanks Choriamb!)

Piems and the Cadaeic Cadenza

"There are many ways to memorise π, including the use of piems, which are poems that represent π in a way such that the length of each word (in letters) represents a digit. Here is an example of a piem: How I need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics. Notice how the first word has 3 letters, the second word has 1, the third has 4, the fourth has 1, the fifth has 5, and so on. The Cadaeic Cadenza contains the first 3834 digits of π in this manner."

Wikipedia

The Cadeic Cadenza appears to be the Mike Keith poem talked about in the post below this one....

Here's the whole Cadaeic Cadenza on-line.

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