Researchers set a new record for calculating digits of pi: 62.8 trillion decimals. It sounds impressive, but we asked a mathematician why we should care.

Swiss scientists have calculated the mathematical constant pi to a new world-record of 62.8 trillion figures using a supercomputer. Pi, which is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its ...

He wanted to be the first to calculate pi on the moon, but it had to be more meaningful than using the rover like any old computer.

Using the formula C=2 pi r with fifteen decimal places of pi, you’d only be off on the true circumference of the circle by a centimeter or so. On solar scales, there’s no need to go further.

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 ...