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Title: Must have been bored........
Post by: eye30 on March 14, 2019, 15:20:16

Emma Haruka Iwao smashes pi world record with Google help

The value of the number pi has been calculated to a new world record length of 31 trillion digits, far past the previous record of 22 trillion.

Emma Haruka Iwao, a Google employee from Japan, found the new digits with the help of the company's cloud computing service.

Pi is the number you get when you divide a circle's circumference by its diameter.

The first digits, 3.14, are well known but the number is infinitely long.

Extending the known sequence of digits in pi is very difficult because the number follows no set pattern.

Pi is used in engineering, physics, supercomputing and space exploration - because its value can be used in calculations for waves, circles and cylinders.

The pursuit of longer versions of pi is a long-standing pastime among mathematicians. And Ms Iwao said she had been fascinated by the number since she had been a child.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47524760

Title: Re: Must have been bored........
Post by: Shambles on March 14, 2019, 17:24:22

Dunno about her begin bored...

Title: Re: Must have been bored........
Post by: mickd on March 15, 2019, 11:00:53

Quote from: Shambles on March 14, 2019, 17:24:22

Dunno about her begin bored...

:rofl: :goodjob:

Title: Re: Must have been bored........
Post by: nzenigma on March 16, 2019, 05:35:03

 :laughter:

Quote from: mickd on March 15, 2019, 11:00:53

Quote from: Shambles on March 14, 2019, 17:24:22

Dunno about her begin bored...

:rofl: :goodjob:

 :laughter: :laughter: :laughter: