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In ancient Indian mathematics, people would compose poetry based on tables of numbers, so that things such as sine tables, and the value of pi up to certain number of decimal places, were easier to remember [1]. A delightful example given in the site is "Milk is best for breakfast, when it is morning, it should be stirred. But Gopālan says there is no milk - the number of days of English months in order.", which in the appropriate alphabet, represents the number of days in the months of the Gregorian calendar.

[1] https://artofmemory.com/wiki/Katapayadi_System#:~:text=In%20...



There’s a literary organization/movement called Oulipo[1] that similarly works with patterns and algorithms to creatively restrict or generate writing.

[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo


If you want to remember the first digits of Pi, use this:

“How I wish I could calculate Pi” 3.141592


"How I need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics" gets you a few digits further (but of course yours is plenty accurate for calculating)


Lovely! Thanks :)


That's neat :)


I've learned a trick using the knuckles of the hand to remember the days of the months: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle_mnemonic




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