Google employee breaks world record for calculating Pi to 3.14 trillion digits
A Google employee has broken the Guinness World Record for calculating pi to the most number of digits, just in time for Pi Day on 14 March – or 3.14. Pi – the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter – is an irrational number, meaning there's no end to how many digits can be calculated. We'll tell you what's true. You can form your own view. The engineer said it had been her dream since she was a child to break the world record for Pi.
Mar-14-2019, 16:01:23 GMT
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