What is the record for most digits of pi memorized?
70,000 digits
Guinness World Record Memorizes 70,000 digits for the mathematical value of ‘Pi’
Who memorized 42195 digits of pi?
Hiroyuki Gotō
Hiroyuki Gotō (後藤 裕之, Gotō Hiroyuki, born in Tokyo, Japan) recited pi from memory to 42,195 decimal places at NHK Broadcasting Centre, Tokyo on 18 February 1995. This set the world record at the time, which was held for more than a decade until Lu Chao beat it in 2005. He is a game designer at Namco.
Why do people memorize digits of pi?
For no apparent reason at all. Other than entertainment and of course a memory test. Pi is what is called a transcendental number , meaning that there is no known pattern in the series of numbers to the right of that decimal point. So the reason to remember PI is not one of practicality.
Who is the world record holder for memorizing pi digits?
India Rajveer Meena set the Guinness record of most pi digits memorized when he recited 70,000 digits in 9 hours, 7 minutes, while blindfolded, on March 21, 2015. Meena is the officially recognized world record-holder by Guinness World Records.
How old is the youngest person to memorize Pi?
In this video 11 year old Austin Baio breaks the world record for most digits of Pi Memorized for his age. He memorized 2090 decimal places of Pi and 2091 Digits. This means no other kid 11 or younger has memorized more Digits of Pi.
How many digits of Pi can you recite from memory?
There are many ways to celebrate Pi Day, including consuming large amounts of its delicious homophone, pie. But a handful of people take their admiration further, by reciting tens of thousands of digits of pi from memory. In 1981, an Indian man named Rajan Mahadevan accurately recited 31,811 digits of pi from memory.
How many digits of Pi are there in the world?
While most of us only have the first few digits committed to memory, love for the classic number knows (almost) no bounds: Pi actually goes on for at least 2.7 trillion digits, and only 477 people around the world have managed to recite 100 or more of those numbers, as of publication. Here are the current record holders around the world.
