Talk:Akira Haraguchi

Age
Shouldn't the birthyear be used instead of the age (59 years)? This way it doesn't have to be updated every time Akira has a birthday. Does anyone know his birthyear? I'm guessing it's 1935 or 1936 since he was 59 at the time of the recital in 1995. --Anthony5429 05:20, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Pending record status
It should be mentioned that neither of his records are yet official, pending Guinness ratification. Of course this may chage in the near future, as at least reportedly the proper documentation should be soon on its way. --Anshelm &#39;77 21:15, 10 October 2006 (UTC) Guinness has specific rules that have to be followed in order for them to verify a world record for the recitation of Pi from memory. One of these rules is that the pause between recited numbers cannot be longer than 15 seconds. The fact that Mr. Haraguchi would pause for 5 minutes every 2 hours in order to eat thus means that it is highly unlikely that Guinness will credit his record attempt. Evenson7309 (talk) 18:49, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Guinness isn't the sole arbitrator (though it is the best known) of world records. That's not to say Guinness's position isn't notable, but simply because they haven't signed off on something doesn't make it "unofficial" in any objective sense of the term. --Lode Runner 20:53, 12 August 2007(UTC)

Erm... that's precisely what makes it "unofficial" in every objective sense of the term – perhaps you meant "untrue"? In any case, ratification by proper authority is required – that was my point – and I've seen none whatsoever for Mr. Haraguchi more than a year after his reported performances. Other than Guinness, I'm somewhat unaware of anything that could be considered as an authority on the subject; of web sources the Pi World Ranking List seems restrictive enough not to include unverified claims. Though all adequately documented performances should make it to Guinness eventually. As for the Guinness record, it now belongs to Lu Chao of China, with 67,890 recited digits on November 20, 2005. And as for Haraguchi, the Pi World Ranking List has the following note on its news section:
 * "Still no news on Akira Haraguchi, a 60-year-old man from Japan who recited Pi from memory to 83,431 decimal places from Friday, July 1st 2005, to Saturday, July 2nd 2005, and to 100,000 decimal places on October 3rd 2006 to set an unofficial new world record. These performances have never been verified, so they are still  unofficial."

--Anshelm &#39;77 (talk) 21:52, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

6,000,000,000?
Going to need a citation for this. Taking it out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.228.132.24 (talk) 06:24, 13 March 2008 (UTC)