The researchers wrote that the most precise calculation of Pi serves as an 'unofficial benchmark.' While knowing trillions of digits has no practical application, the point here is not in the exact knowledge of this sequence of digits, but the method by which the digits are calculated. These researchers are awaiting confirmation from the Guinness Book of Records, so they've revealed only the final 10 digits calculated until then, which are 7817924264.

According to the university statement, 'the extremely memory-intensive calculation of Pi' took 108 days and nine hours, and the efforts not only beat the previous world record but it was calculated 3.5 times faster, the Guardian reported. Massive amounts of memory and fast memory access times were critical for the calculation of Pi in the trillion-digit range. Despite this, researchers continue to use the evolving power of computers to push the limit of calculations for the constant. Calculation first started in late April at the Competence Center for. They calculated the first 62.8 trillion digits, surpassing the former record by 12.8 trillion decimal points. This makes determining such a number an impressively difficult and time-consuming feat. Researchers in Switzerland broke the world record for the most accurate value of pi over the weekend, the team announced on Monday. Pi, whose first 10 figures are 3.141592653, is the circumference to diameter ratio of a circle, with an infinite number of digits following the decimal point.

Heiko Rölke, were able to achieve this feat with a limited budget, hardware, and human resources. Moreover, the researchers, led by IT project manager Thomas Keller and center manager Prof. To give you a sense of scale, the previous world-record pi calculation yielded 50 trillion figures. Researchers at the Center for Data Analysis, Visualization and Simulation (DAViS) from the Graubuenden University of Applied Sciences used a supercomputer to calculate the mathematical constant pi to a new world record level of precision, reaching 62.8 trillion figures, according to a press release. A new mathematical record has been set thanks to Swiss researchers.

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