A team of Swiss researchers from Graubuenden University of Applied Sciences has break the book for calculating themathematical unremitting pi . It is now known to an incredible level of exactness , hitting 62.8 trillion figures thanks to the workplace of a supercomputer .
Pi represents the ratio between the radius of a circle and its perimeter . You may acknowledge the first 10 digits , π=3.141592653 , though there is an infinite numeral of finger’s breadth that come that decimal point .
To write all of the digits for the newfangled record out on A4 paper , you would require almost 35 billion sheet , tantamount to about 52 percent of the mountain of the Empire State Building . put those piece of paper head to toe they would extend forover 10 million kilometers(6.5 million miles ) .
The whole calculation select 108 days and nine hour , make it faster than both the premature universe record by Google in 2019 and the 2020 record of 50 trillion digits byTimothy Mullicanwith the non - profit North Alabama Charitable Computing . That took about eight months to be achieved . The in high spirits - performance computer at the Center for Data Analytics , Visualization and Simulation ( DAViS ) has done it 3.5 time quicker .
" We want to achieve several goal with the record attempt , " said Prof. Dr Heiko Rölke , head of DAViS , in astatement . " In the course of action of groom and do the calculations , we were able to build up a lot of know - how and optimise our process . This is now of peculiar benefit to our research partner , with whom we conjointly carry out computationally intensive projects in data analysis and simulation . "
“ The computation showed us that we are ready for data point and computing mightiness - intensive use in inquiry and maturation . The calculation also made us aware of faint point in the infrastructure , such as deficient back - up capacities , " task director Thomas Keller bring .
High - speed calculation of pi are a technology presentation of what the correct algorithms can do and how quickly can achieve it . The young track record is yet to be certified by the Guinness Book of Records and until then the researchers have only bring out the last 10 dactyl , which , if you are curious , are 7817924264 .
