Researchers calculate constant pi to a new record 62.8tn figures
Mathematical constant ‘pi’ (representative image).
Hitting 62.8tn figures using a supercomputer,researchersfrom Switzerlandhave calculated the mathematical constant‘pi’to a new world-record level of exactitude.
In a statement,GraubuendenUniversity of Applied Sciences said,“The calculation took 108 days and nine hours.”
According to the university’s Centre for Data Analytics,Visualisationand Simulation, theefforts were “almost twice as fast as the record Google set using its cloud in 2019, and 3.5 times as fast as the previous world record in 2020.”
These researchersarewaiting for the Guinness Book of Records to certify the feat. Until then,these expertshaverevealed only the final 10 digits calculated for pi. These are7817924264.
Inthe previous worldrecord,pi’scalculationwasachievedtill50tn figures.
The constantPi represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, with an infinite number of digits following the decimal point.
Nevertheless, the researchers continue to push calculations for the constant,whose first 10 figures are 3.141592653,furtherwith the help ofcomputers.
As per theSwiss team,the experience they built calculating pi could be applied in other areas,such as “RNA analysis, simulations of fluid dynamics and textual analysis.”