Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!dbell From: dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: PI Message-ID: <37010@cup.portal.com> Date: 17 Dec 90 18:45:12 GMT References: <1942@beguine.UUCP> <1990Dec17.150257.3890@phri.nyu.edu> Distribution: na Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 21 Roy Smith, (Public Health Research Institute) showed his mnemonic for PI, then said: > On the other >hand, e doesn't make such a nice pattern (that I noticed), so as far as I >remember, e is just 2.something. I dunno - the numeric pad pattern for e isn't that bad: 7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 Now: e = 2.7182817, approximately. 2, diagonally to 7, drop to 1, diagonally to 8, drop to 2, directly to 8, back to 1, and directly to 7. You've just drawn the major diagonals and vertical edges of the 1-2-8-7 rectangle... Dave dbell@cup.portal.com