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- From: joann@ariadne.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Jo Ann Malina)
- Subject: Re: Mnemonic for pi
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:41:40 GMT
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- In article <C0p8vB.J0I@biobase.aau.dk>, pamaga@biobase.aau.dk (Paulo Magalhaes) writes:
- |> Hi,
- |>
- |> Some time ago I heard a wonderful mnemonic for pi (yes, 3.1415...), in
- |> French! It went something like J'ai envie de faire apprendre un nombre
- |> utile... I forgot to write it down and now I'm here.
- |>
- |> Can someone help?
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- Not much of a mnemonic, is it...?
- (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
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- Jo Ann Malina, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
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- Neither Stanford nor the DOE would be caught dead with these opinions.
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