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2017 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 40
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Adriana Martin on her new record for the rendition of
the numerical quotient of Pi set on March 14, 2017, National Pi Day.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Adriana Martin of the Southfield School in Shreveport, Louisiana, upon her
3 mathematical skills, her rendition of the numerical quotient of Pi, and the high
4 rankings she achieved in the 2017 National Pi Day Challenge.
5 WHEREAS, Adriana Martin is a fourth grade honor student and distinguished
6 scholar at the Southfield School; and
7 WHEREAS, Adriana exhibits an inordinate mastery of memorization and
8 mathematics and possesses exceptional memory recall and proficiency in the recitation of
9 numerical sequences of the ratio known as Pi, ð, a mathematical constant resulting from the
10 division of the circumference of a circle by its diameter; and
11 WHEREAS, Pi is an irrational number, meaning it cannot be represented as a ratio
12 of integers with a nonzero denominator, its decimal representation is infinite and never
13 settles into a permanently repeating pattern; and
14 WHEREAS, at Southfield School, the math enrichment teachers issue the Pi Day
15 Challenge for all students to learn as many digit strings of Pi as possible, and on March 14th
16 of each year, 3.14, a Pi Day competition is held; and
17 WHEREAS, since kindergarten, Adriana has displayed unusual proficiency and
18 prodigious talent far beyond her years in the ability to memorize numeric sequences and to
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1 write those numerals in the correct order; and
2 WHEREAS, in kindergarten, Adriana Martin correctly recited 120 digits, the
3 following year it was 603 digits, the next year it was 1,420 digits, and in 2016, the digit
4 string total was 2,812, almost doubling the amount from the previous year; and
5 WHEREAS, in 2017, Adriana wrote the digit string of Pi from memory without any
6 outside help and without any errors, with an accuracy of 3,715 digits, an additional nine
7 hundred numerals; and
8 WHEREAS, several international organizations compile competition statistics and
9 rank the challengers using several criteria, such as the correct number of digits rendered, the
10 age of contestant, and the country of origin; and
11 WHEREAS, Adriana's incredible talent has not gone unnoticed in the world of Pi
12 record keeping; she is ranked first in the United States by TeachPi Resources for her age
13 group and among all fourth grade participants; she is ranked 12th in the USA for all ages;
14 she is ranked 16th in North America; and Andriana is ranked 51st in the world for all age
15 brackets; and
16 WHEREAS, practice does make for perfection; Adriana recites digit strings during
17 the drive to school, then reviews the sequences at home; she can learn sixty to one hundred
18 digits in a quarter of an hour; and
19 WHEREAS, Adriana is an avid fan of all things mathematical; she relates numbers
20 and formulae to everyday occurrences, even in her music studies; and
21 WHEREAS, Adriana is also a tennis player, a competitive swimmer in freestyle and
22 backstroke, and a budding violinist virtuoso; and she has recently learned the sport of
23 fencing; and
24 WHEREAS, like Pi, Adriana's destiny is filled with infinite possibilities; her thoughts
25 of the future include interests in archeology and concert violin; and
26 WHEREAS, Adriana is a rare role model for scholastic aptitude and worthy of
27 emulation and recognition, and she remains a source of great pride for her parents, family,
28 and friends, as well as, the faculty and student body of the Southfield School; and
29 WHEREAS, Adriana deserves to be honored and recognized for her cognitive
30 capabilities, competitive spirit, and self-motivation; and
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1 WHEREAS, Adriana Martin proves to be an extraordinary, well-rounded student
2 who exhibits, at the tender age of nine, exceptional potential to become a dynamic scholar
3 and an intellectual asset for her school, community, state, and nation.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
5 commend and congratulate Adriana Martin of the Southfield School in Shreveport for her
6 mathematical skills and her rendition of the numerical quotient of Pi and the high rankings
7 she achieved in the 2017 National Pi Day Challenge.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
9 commend Robert and Stacy Martin, the proud parents of such an academically astute
10 individual.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
12 Adriana Martin and to Gordon Walker, headmaster of the Southfield School in Shreveport.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Suzi Montague.
DIGEST
SCR 40 Original 2017 Regular Session Peacock
Commends Adriana Martin on her many scholastic accomplishments and her participation
in the Pi Day Challenge.
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