Forget “3.14…,” a Japanese supercomputer has calculated Pi to over 2.5 trillion decimals in what should become a new Guinness Book World Record.
The T2K Open Supercomputer, located at the University of Tsukuba’s Center for Computational Sciences, reaching 2,576,980,377,524 decimals in an approximately 73 hours and 36 minutes long calculation, according to an announcement made to the Japanese press on August 17th. The Center said it was in the process of applying for the record book.
The new number more than doubles the previous record of around 1.2 trillion digits set in 2002 by the Kanada Lab at the University of Tokyo. It is also more than 12 times the record set in 1999, again by the Kanada Lab.
The T2K, capable of doing 95 teraflops (essentially 95 trillion calculations per second), is said to be the 47th most powerful supercomputer in the world and 6th in Japan, according to a June 2009 report by Top500.org.
Whether a pattern has been found or if the number will become scientifically useful has yet to be announced.
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ummm... that is nice and all but what good is telling people and not stating what the 2.5 trillionth digit is? :)
I've memorized 1000 digits of pi. "12345678901234567890123....0".
I just don't know where they start.
I would have been more impressed if they found the final digit of pi. This is just boring.
I've memorized 1000 digits of pi. "12345678901234567890123....0".
I just don't know where they start.
What about a useful use of T2K OpenSuper computer? e.g. cancer research?
There's a one in ten chance it's a one. I'll give you similar odds for the other digits.
3.1415926535897932384626...
i memerized that much.
ps i am 13!
i memerized first 70 and i'm 13
I'm bobby and I memorized 390 digits of pi and I am 12!
To the people who want to know what the last digit of pi is, it doesn't exist. Pi is not a terminating decimal.
3,14 and im 11 102738271038203818726391872739821456210938462102393701927392019873891627309834174856418743923027190234893282122715634142354654233812983231287612987339786186787476329864923874972364397821549832441234567804327437243832498321983478437632178321984363283232399329476843276438732168478431684378945875324237609841735984361984357834109823747564332234567890879654323456789942377589738747674525467898967876575465456478677672487329456478654876198476354873246987126485125412378487366354873246832655464356787865467676545356754356786543245678765432134567898765432134567897654323456784783648767245643778126345327148913274783276412547236987289478763546521748731264219874736245236514u321743264863232435690913455675876765898765274776523416751234786432674231843543216432168438743|2908412364321674321784321987341243264381298043265324879423189032785432456789076543567834873291848076324198071234980743128970432187934267432169478904209873241786324762347643278943216943267342784389743265843275432643290874324
I have known 3,14159265358979323846 since i were a 5th grader... haha... that sounded weird. though i aint geeking around trying to learn more of it anymore..
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993
i've memorized the first 50 listed above and i'm 11 and i have a really cute puppy
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 sorry thats the first 50:)
It's not really so amazing that a kid can memorize so many digits. A child's memory is much better than an adults memory. What would be amazing if those digits are still there when you kids are 40 or 50.
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