Bored mathematicians just calculated pi to 62.8 trillion digits

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By The ConversationAug 20, 2021, 3:30 am225 pts
$photo of Bored mathematicians just calculated pi to 62.8 trillion digits image$ Swiss researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden this week claimed a new world record for calculating the number of digits of pi – a staggering 62.8 trillion figures. By my estimate, if these digits were printed out they would fill every book in the British Library ten times over. The…

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