On Monday, August 16, a Swiss university announced that it had set a record for calculating the number Pi, with 62.8 trillion decimal places.
New record! In a press releaseThe University of Applied Sciences (HES) in Graubünden in eastern Switzerland is pleased to achieve this result thanks to a high-performance computer who worked 108 days and 9 hours. “So it is almost twice as fast as the record set by Google in 2019 and so around 3.5 times faster than the last world record in 2020, confirms the press release.
12.8 trillion new numbers
The last 10 digits of the Pi are “7817924264”, referring to HES indicating that they will not reveal the full number until the record is approved by Guinness World Records. The press release ensures that the HES computer has exceeded its calculations The old world record of 50 trillion decimal places After the decimal point adding 12.8 trillion new digits unknown until then.
Pi is the number by which we must multiply the diameter of the circle to get its circumference and It is impossible to know the exact value because the number of digits After the infinite comma. But knowledge of Pi is constantly being refined thanks to the arrival of powerful computers. However, even if enthusiasts struggle to remember hundreds or thousands of digits after the decimal point, The general public sticks to 3.1415927 at best.
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