62 trillion 800 billion digits after the decimal point – with such precision Swiss enthusiasts from the analytical center (Center for Data Analytics, Visualization and Simulation) of the Graubuenden University of Applied Sciences calculated the number “Pi”. Thus, they broke the previous record of 50 trillion characters, which did not last even a year.
It took the mathematicians 108 days of work on the university supercomputer to set a new record. According to their statement, which the ScienceAlert portal refers to, it took three and a half times less time to produce nearly 13 trillion characters more.
It is clear that there is no way to publish the “full text of the achievement”. For those wishing to check the calculations, the Swiss report the last 10 characters: … 7817924264.
The record Pi is very long. If each of its signs is inscribed in a cell only 1 millimeter wide, directing them into space, then the latter will be almost 63 million kilometers from the Earth. That is, the number will reach Mars, the minimum distance to which is about 55 million kilometers.
And if you write signs in the cells of a school notebook, then “Pi” will stretch for more than 300 million kilometers. These are two distances from the Earth to the Sun.
Such long “Pi”, of course, is not needed by anyone. For the most accurate calculations, 10 decimal places are enough. But for the sake of sports interest, they are multiplied and multiplied, demonstrating the power of their computing centers.
However, Swiss enthusiasts assure that the experience gained in the course of meaningless calculations will help to carry out genetic analysis and simulate dynamic processes in liquids and gases.
For reference: in scientific terms, the number “pi” is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. It seems to be a simple thing, but it has worried the minds of mathematicians since ancient times. And it continues to excite. To such an extent that scientists about 30 years ago agreed to celebrate the holiday of this number “Pi-day”. And they celebrate every year on the 14th of the 3rd month. That is, March 14th. This date can be written as 3.14, which corresponds to the most common – approximate – value of the number “Pi”. Read on and find out why it fascinates mathematicians, what secrets of the universe it hides, and what the number “Pi” is equal to among aliens.