The current world record is 50 trillion digits, although a challenger has achieved 62.8 trillion digits and is still waiting on confirmation. In the 20th and 21st Century the race for pi has become a useful tool for testing supercomputers. It is used every day by engineers and craftsmen – for example, to calculate the circumference of a circle (U = 2πr) or the area of a circle (A = πr ^ 2). This was enough for all practical uses in science, engineering and maths. With the invention of calculus in the 17th Century, mathematicians were able to get to hundreds of digits. This has led to a race to create the most accurate calculation. Pi (π) is a mathematical constant roughly equal to 3.14159.Īs a transcendent number it is impossible to specify Pi exactly as a decimal point. Pi has been calculated to an astonishing 62.8 trillion figures by a team of Swiss scientists who spent 108 days working it up – 3.5 times as fast as the previous record WHAT IS PI? The previous record was calculated to 50 trillion figures, and was set in 2020, said experts from Graubuenden University of Applied Sciences in Chur, Switzerland The quest to push the upper boundary of pi helps scientists test supercomputers and develop algorithms that can be used in advanced data analysis. The previous record of 50 trillion digits was set by Timothy Mullican from the US, who achieved the feat after eight months of processing in January 2020. The number π (pi) is a constant in mathematics that is roughly equal to 3.14159, and is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Researchers haven’t revealed the exact numbers involved in the extra 12.8 trillion digits, as they are waiting on the Guinness Book of Records to certify their achievement, but say the final 10 digits they discovered are ‘7817924262’.
The previous record was calculated to 50 trillion figures, and was set in 2020, said experts from Graubuenden University of Applied Sciences in Chur, Switzerland.
Pi has been calculated to an astonishing 62.8 trillion figures by a team of Swiss scientists who spent 108 days working it up – 3.5 times as fast as the previous record.
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