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piMax in decimal started out as: 14159265358979323847, This is: 20 digits.
piMin in decimal started out as: 14159265358979323846, This is: 20 digits.
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(X,X)
(Q,Q)
(S,S)
(Q,Q)
(N,N)
(C,C)
(M,M)    fourteen digits!   Tuesday, August 30, 2005  
(F,W) This is where min and max diverge.
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see code below by John E. Franklin...
'program name: base26pi_BBK.bas  (using Just BASIC v1.0 from internet)
piMax= 14159265358979323847''6'264338327950288419716939937511
piMin= 14159265358979323846   '264338327950288419716939937510
piMaxString$= STR$(piMax)
piMinString$= STR$(piMin)
piMaxLen= LEN(piMaxString$)
piMinLen= LEN(piMinString$)

print "piMax in decimal started out as: ";piMax;", This is: ";piMaxLen;" digits."
print "piMin in decimal started out as: ";piMin;", This is: ";piMinLen;" digits."

nextMax= piMax
nextMin= piMin

'commence loop
For loopAround= 1 to 25
nextMax= nextMax * 26
nextMin= nextMin * 26
nextMaxString$= STR$(nextMax)
nextMinString$= STR$(nextMin)
rightMaxString$= RIGHT$(nextMaxString$,piMaxLen)
rightMinString$= RIGHT$(nextMinString$,piMinLen)
leftMaxString$= LEFT$(nextMaxString$,LEN(nextMaxString$) - piMaxLen)
leftMinString$= LEFT$(nextMinString$,LEN(nextMinString$) - piMinLen)
'print "@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@"
'print leftMaxString$;"%";rightMaxString$
'print leftMinString$;"%";rightMinString$
leftMax= val(leftMaxString$)
leftMin= val(leftMinString$)
'print "Next Max Digit is: ";CHR$(leftMax + 64);" ";leftMax
'print "Next Min Digit is: ";CHR$(leftMin + 64);" ";leftMin
nextMaxChar$=CHR$(leftMax + 64)
nextMinChar$=CHR$(leftMin + 64)
print "(";nextMinChar$;",";nextMaxChar$;")"

nextMax= val(rightMaxString$)
nextMin= val(rightMinString$)

next loopAround
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piMax in decimal started out as: 14160, This is: 5 digits.
piMin in decimal started out as: 14159, This is: 5 digits.
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(Q,Q)
(R,R)
(O,S)  Diverges after 3rd digit.
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(R,V)
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piMax in decimal started out as: 14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937511, This is: 50 digits.
piMin in decimal started out as: 14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510, This is: 50 digits.
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(R,R)
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(X,X)
(Q,Q)
(S,S)
(Q,Q)
(N,N)
(C,C)
(M,M)
(K,K)
(G,G)
(M,M)
(P,P)
(S,S)
(F,F)
(J,J)
(T,T)
(C,C)
(P,P)
(F,F)
(S,S)
(T,T)
(H,H)
(Q,Q)
(W,W)
(M,M)
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(A,A)
(B,B)
(E,M)  Diverges after 35 good digits
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(E,D)
(H,Z)
(D,W)
(N,R)
(B,W)
(R,Z)
(D,H)
(I,N)
(A,U)
(F,Y)
(O,S)
(L,C)
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piMax in decimal started out as: 1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303820, This is: 199 digits.
piMin in decimal started out as: 1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819, This is: 199 digits.
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(C,C)
(Q,Q)
(R,R)
(P,P)
(K,K)
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(K,K)
(X,X)
(Q,Q)
(S,S)
(Q,Q)
(N,N)
(C,C)
(M,M)
(K,K)
(G,G)
(M,M)
(P,P)
(S,S)
(F,F)
(J,J)
(T,T)
(C,C)
(P,P)
(F,F)
(S,S)
(T,T)
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(Q,Q)
(W,W)
(M,M)
(D,D)
(P,P)
(A,A)
(B,B)
(J,J)
(A,A)
(R,R)
(Y,Y)
(H,H)
(U,U)
(P,P)
(P,P)
(U,U)
(F,F)
(C,C)
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(D,D)
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(R,R)
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(H,H)
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(J,J)
(G,G)
(U,U)
(C,C)
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(B,B)
(W,W)
(S,S)
(I,I)
(O,O)
(R,R)
(A,A)
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(G,G)
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(F,F)
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(N,N)
(V,V)
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(O,O)
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(L,L)
(K,K)
(H,H)
(E,E)  This is the 140th decimal place.
(P,S)  min and max diverge here; digits are good above this point.
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(G,P)
(K,O)
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(E,V)
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