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From: horne-scott@cs.yale.edu (Scott Horne)
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Subject: Re: PI
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Date: 12 Dec 90 22:17:34 GMT
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In article <7063@aspect.UUCP> dave@aspect.UUCP (Dave Corcoran) writes:
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<Does anyone know to how many places has PI been calculated?

The last figure I heard was 5,000,000 digits by a group in Japan.

<Does anyone know if this task is still being persued?

Of course it's still being pursued.  The task of getting more and more digits
of pi has been pursued for thousands of years, with no sign of stopping.

What about memorising digits of pi?  I know only about 400 digits.  Any other
netters want to compete?  :-)

					--Scott

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