When It Comes to Pi, Don’t Hold Your Breath
A mental health counselor recited pi to 100,000 decimal places from memory, setting what he claims to be a new world record.
In Kisarazu, Japan, Akira Haraguchi, 60, needed more than 16 hours to recite the number to 100,000 decimal places.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Oct. 8, 2006 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday October 08, 2006 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 0 inches; 32 words Type of Material: Correction
Pi: A brief in Thursday’s Section A gave the value of pi, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, as 3.141. When stated to three decimal points, it is 3.142.
Pi is a physical constant defined as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. It is usually written out to a maximum of three decimal places, as 3.141.
Theoretically, there is no limit to the number of decimal places to which it can be written.
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