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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 num
by sn41 6y ago
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%20some%20astronomical%20texts%20popular%20in%20Kerala%20planetary,estimate%20for%20the%20origin%20of%20the%20Ka%E1%B9%ADapay%C4%81diSystem.%20%5B4%5D https://artofmemory.com/wiki/Katapayadi_System#:~:text=In%20...
- antiterra 6y agoThere’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 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo
- jeofken 6y agoIf you want to remember the first digits of Pi, use this: “How I wish I could calculate Pi” 3.141592
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoI've learned a trick using the knuckles of the hand to remember the days of the months: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle_mnemonic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle_mnemonic