Pi is a fixed unit of circumference of the diameter (or 2 times the radius) of a circle. Calculating the value of pi is a common way to determine the computational speed of a supercomputer, and mathematicians to date have known about 10 billion digits of the value of pi. Neurosurgeon professor Andriy Slyusarchuk, a world record holder in the field of pinpointing the value of pi to the 10 thousandth digit, stated that he had memorized the value of pi of 30 million digits, which would take 347 days to figure out. Impressive!
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Method 1 of 2: Grouping Numbers
Step 1. Take notes
Write down as many values of pi as you want to memorize. If you want to memorize 1 million numbers, you may need some extra paper. After you have recorded everything, group the numbers into even number groups by using brackets.
Start by grouping the numbers into 4 digits per group: (3,141)(5926)(5358)(9793)(2384)(6264)(3383), and so on
Step 2. Start little by little
An easy way to remember something is to start remembering little by little and slowly memorize it all. Like lifting weights or sprinting, you're training over and over again day after day, and you don't want to force your brain to memorize 100 numbers at once.
Start by remembering 4 groups of numbers containing 4 numbers in each group. Then you can try to remember the numbers and keep going slowly until you can remember 10 groups of numbers. Then improve your memorization skills by memorizing 5 groups of numbers containing 8 numbers in each group. The end result will be the same, but you can improve your memorization skills by increasing the number of points in each group
Step 3. Try grouping numbers like a series of phone numbers
Most memory techniques or “mnemonics” apply the principle that it is easier to remember general things such as telephone numbers than to remember complicated random numbers. If you have successfully memorized a 10-digit group of numbers, you can reorder the numbers into a series of phone numbers that are easier to remember: Aaron (314)159-2653, Beth (589)793-2384, Carlos (626)433 -8327, and so on.
Give each number a name after you remember the first 260 digits, then you can repeat the steps and complete your “phonebook”
Step 4. Add details to organize your phone number list
This is a way how experts can not only memorize the numbers sequentially, but also randomly. Try using a name with the number of letters corresponding to the first number in each sequence: Amy (314)159-2653.
- Also try using real names and associating real things with the names on the list, or come up with something about the names you write. The more you can associate the numbers with the names you give them, the easier it will be to memorize them.
- You can also combine this technique with the phonetic number system and linking technique discussed below.
Step 5. Record the numbers on small pieces of paper
Bring the paper every day, to practice memorization. When you can easily memorize the numbers you wrote down, add new numbers until you reach your goal.
Method 2 of 2: Using Words and Voice Subs
Step 1. Write a sentence in a “pilish” way
With the "pilish" method, the number of letters in each word corresponds to the number in the value of pi. For example “"May I have a large container of coffee beans" = 314159265 in pilish. In 1996, Mike Keith wrote a short story called "Cadeic Cadenza" containing 3800 pi numbers. Keith also found a way to change words that contain more than 10 letters to numbers.
Step 2. Write piem by selecting
Piem is a poem that contains pilish in its use of words. Usually, the notes used make it easier for you to remember and have a title of 3 letters, to show 3 is the number that starts with pi.
Example of a piem: Now I will a rhythm construct, / By letter count, the young instruct. / Cunningly devised endeavors, / Con it and remember ever. / Widths in circle here you see, / Sketched out in strange obscurity
Step 3. Use rhythm to remember
There are many mnemonics that can help us to remember some numbers from the value of pi: "Cosine, secant, tangent, sin / Three point one four one five nine." This mnemonic relies heavily on rhythm and patterns to remember numbers.
- Many songs use the same technique to remember things: "If numbers had a heaven / their God would surely be / 3.14159 / 26353."
- ABC Song, “Baa-Baa Black Sheep”, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”: 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 / 6 3 5 3 5 8 9 / 7 9 3 2 3 8 4 / 6 2 6 4 3 3 8 / 3 2 7 9 5 0 2 / 8 8 4 1 9 7 1
- Try to write your own song or rhythm to help you remember..
Step 4. Try learning the phonetic number system
The application of the way of the phonetic number system is even used by mnemonic experts in the world. This method is a complex method that uses a number substitution method or a group of numbers with the same letters phonetically, and then strings the letters together.
Tips
- Try to remember the numbers that are in groups rather than remembering the numbers individually.
- Write down the numbers on small pieces of paper and when you have free time, take them out and memorize them.
- Try memorizing the numbers before you go to bed or while driving.
