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Pi has been calculated to trillions of digits — is that completely irrational?

As an irrational number, pi has no end — but that has not stopped computer engineers from chasing its eternal string of decimal places deeper into the unknown. Recently, technology media company ...
Fast Company

A Google Cloud employee set a new record calculating the 100 trillionth digit of pi

A Google employee has given us greater insights into the mathematical mystery that is pi (also known to many of us as 3.14). Using the company’s cloud computing services, Google Cloud developer ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
ZDNet

How long does it take to calculate 100 trillion digits of pi? Ask Google

For thousands of years, mathematicians and scientists have worked on calculating the digits of pi -- a project that could literally go on forever. For now, we at least know the first 100 trillion ...