Scientists from Switzerland have broken the record for calculating the number “pi”

Swiss mathematicians have calculated the most accurate value of the number “pi”. With the help of a supercomputer, they compiled a sequence of 62.8 trillion digits, Science Alert reports.

This achievement is recognized as a world record. The calculation took 108 days and nine hours. The study was conducted at the Graubünden University of Applied Sciences.

The work of the supercomputer turned out to be “almost twice as fast as the record set by Google using the cloud in 2019, and 3.5 times faster than the previous world record in 2020,” the authors of the experiment said.

The achievement is expected to be included in the Guinness Book of Records. Scientists do not disclose the full sequence of numbers. But they clarify that the last of them is 7817924264. The previous record allowed setting 50 trillion digits.

As a reminder, pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, with an infinite number of digits following the decimal point. The first 10 digits are 3.141592653. The Swiss team said their experience in calculating pi could be applied to other areas such as “RNA analysis, fluid dynamics simulations and textual analysis.”

Earlier it was reported that mathematicians from the United States have found a solution to the problem of three cubes. The puzzle was created 65 years ago.