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Article: Man takes pi further afield.(Marc Umile)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- January 30, 2007
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Byline: Tom Avril
PHILADELPHIA _ Remember pi? Most of us learned the 3.14 part.
Marc Umile has gone oh-so-much farther.
Earlier this month, Umile was certified as the North American record-holder for memorizing digits of the mathematical constant. He spewed out 12,887 digits, to be exact _ a feat that took him 3 hours and 40 minutes.
For those whose math skills are a little fuzzy, that's the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
It begins with 3.14159265 and never stops, never repeating the same pattern _ a string of digits that has captivated both numbers buffs and those looking for a deeper mystical meaning.
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