Scientists calculate pi to trillion7/3/2023 Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. But all the algorithms to solve for pi are working off a hypothetical version of a very real problem. How do we calculate pi, anyway? Well, this team and the last several groups to break the world record have used a special formula called the Chudnovsky algorithm, developed in 1988. And in this case, the record came at a much faster speed-good news for the supercomputer. Setting the record is cool, but that's all it is. So calculating pi itself, Keller says, is a fun and attention-grabbing side effect of supercomputing, rather than a specific goal. They also completed their record run nearly four times faster than the previous one. These scientists have not just broken the world record for the most calculated digits of pi, but they've smashed it, moving beyond the existing record of 50 trillion digits to reach a whopping 62.8 trillion digits using a supercomputer. Usually, when we talk about pi, we talk about the number 3.14, but because its decimals never end, nor do they settle into a pattern, pi's digits go on, theoretically, forever. Researchers at the Swiss university Fachhochschule Graubünden claim that they've broken the world record for the most calculated digits of pi, a mathematical constant that describes the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. The new record is enabled by a supercomputer running a specialized algorithm.Ĭalculating pi is a symbolic way to demonstrate real computing power. ![]() ![]() ![]() Researchers have set a new record for calculating digits of pi: 62.8 trillion decimals.
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