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A 100-year-old pi trick might hint at deeper cosmic secrets

For more than a century, Srinivasa Ramanujan’s uncanny formulas for the number pi have looked like pure mathematical ...
The Next Web

Google sets new record for calculating pi — but what’s the point?

Developers have set a new record in the endless quest to accurately calculate pi. A team led by Google Cloud’s Emma Haruka Iwao found 100 TRILLION digits of the mathematical constant — smashing the ...
ExtremeTech on MSN

What Is Pi, and Why Is It So Important?

Pi, a mathematical constant denoted by the Greek letter π, is the ratio of a circle's circumference C to its diameter d: π = ...
GeekWire

Google developers set another record for calculating digits of pi: 100 trillion!

Calculating 100 trillion digits of pi is a feat worth celebrating with a pie. (Google Graphic / The Keyword) Three years after Seattle software developer Emma Haruka Iwao and her teammates at Google ...
IFLScience

100 Trillion Slices Of Pi: Google Smashes Record For Calculation (Again)

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
Scientific American

Math Enthusiasts Unite to Have Rover Calculate Pi on the Moon

While traversing the moon’s surface after a planned launch later this year, Astrobotic’s shoebox-sized CubeRover will have some downtime: extra computing power that won’t always be in use. And thanks ...