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 previous benchmark of 31.4 trillion. Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Credit: Google Brainiacs have sought to extend Pi’s for millennia, but in recent years the digits have increased exponentially. Advances in computing are now causing records to regularly tumble. A 2019 milestone that was also set by Iwao was surpassed within months. That landmark was then overturned the next year,…

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