Mathematicians Calculate 10 Trillion Digits of Pi With Xeons

[RaptorHunter]

And the point?

The point is... you can now draw a circle with a 10 trillionth accuracy.

Actually you only need 13 digits of Pi to do that.

 

[Guest]

My math teacher is crazy about Pi. She says it must be a rational number as circles exist and something that exist can't be irrational. (or something like that) I figure they are trying to get more digits to see if they find a recurring pattern, and so making Pi a rational number. Which would be cool i guess?

 

[eddieroolz]

We can't even feasibly print this thing out now. It's reach that level of craziness/ludicrosity.

 

[WyomingKnott]

[citation][nom]evilmuffin[/nom]My math teacher is crazy about Pi. She says it must be a rational number as circles exist and something that exist can't be irrational. (or something like that) I figure they are trying to get more digits to see if they find a recurring pattern, and so making Pi a rational number. Which would be cool i guess?[/citation]
If you are quoting her accurately, you need to find a much better math teacher.

 

[WyomingKnott]

[citation][nom]fb39ca4[/nom]the way we are looking for patterns, with *digits* seems flawed to me. we should be considering whether there are patterns in other bases.[/citation]
The same holds for any integer base, and bases have to be integers. With math, there's what seems to make sense, and what's proved. When they conflict, what's proved wins. Physics, for example, is different. Newton's laws were proven, then relativity showed them to be wrong in certain extreme situations. With math, proven is proven, period.

 

[deadmanp]

Where do I download pi from?

 

[fomoz]

The same holds for any integer base, and bases have to be integers.

No they don't, so you can use base pi 😛

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-integer_representation

 

[WyomingKnott]

No they don't, so you can use base pi 😛

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-integer_representation

I sit corrected. [:wyomingknott]

 

[Guest]

If pi is normal or random then somewhere out there is a sequence of digits encoding
plans in English how to build a working fusion reactor. However, specifying exactly
where this sequence begins would take a sizeable amount of information, comparable
to the plans themselves. Am I wrong?

 

[Guest]

first off, learn to spell what u are talking about, it is PI not PIE ( pi is the number of infinite digits, pie is a tasty snack ) second, i think this is useless, ya i mean it is pretty cool, and i was searching it cuz i was bored, but still! Why waste a year finding digits of a number they will never be done finding, when those super intelligent scientists could be finding a cure for cancer! Seriously, choose one, saving lives by finding a cure to cancer? or finding useless numbers?