The Pi Code

Authors

Michael Keith

Abstract

Martin Gardner's fictional Doctor Matrix used to say that, property interpreted, the number pi (the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, whose decimal expansion begins 3.14159265897932384626...) contains the entire history of mankind. In this article I give some results of looking at pi in a relatively new way: as an infinite string of letters derived from its expansion in base 26 or base 27.

Recommended Citation

Keith, Michael (1999) "The Pi Code," Word Ways: Vol. 32 : Iss. 4 , Article 2.
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