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Pi Computation Record
« on: January 06, 2010, 10:11:09 AM »
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By Fabrice Bellard

On December 31st, 2009, about 2700 billion decimal digits of Pi were computed using a single desktop computer. This is presently the World Record for the computation of Pi.
http://bellard.org/pi/pi2700e9/



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Re: Pi Computation Record
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2010, 10:18:14 AM »
http://bellard.org/pi/pi2700e9/

I've wondered before how they do this.  I can draw a circle, measure it's diameter and circumference, and determine pi that way, but the circle has to be perfectly round and the measurements exact to the infinite place to make the calculation exact.  Where do they start when calculating pi? 

I like pie.

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Re: Pi Computation Record
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2010, 11:56:46 AM »
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Re: Pi Computation Record
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2010, 12:23:04 PM »
http://www.ehow.com/how_5157582_calculate-pi.html

I still like pie. I'll stick with the perfect circle and exact measurements.

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Re: Pi Computation Record
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2010, 04:24:17 PM »
According to the Bible, "know" means "yes."

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Re: Pi Computation Record
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2010, 09:41:07 AM »
That's irrational.

Almost as irrational as claiming, "Pie are squared."  Have YOU ever seen a square pie?
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Re: Pi Computation Record
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2010, 09:47:22 AM »
Almost as irrational as claiming, "Pie are squared."  Have YOU ever seen a square pie?


http://www.squarepie.com/


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Re: Pi Computation Record
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2010, 10:15:23 PM »
Where do they start when calculating pi? 
 

Fractionally, Π = 31/7.  You can therefore take 1 divided by 7 and pull out as many decimal places as you want to add zeros at the end of the 1.
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Re: Pi Computation Record
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2010, 08:37:17 AM »
Fractionally, Π = 31/7.  You can therefore take 1 divided by 7 and pull out as many decimal places as you want to add zeros at the end of the 1.

Shouldn't it be 22/7 ??  3x7= 21+1=22  3 1/7=22/7
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Re: Pi Computation Record
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2010, 09:30:03 AM »
Shouldn't it be 22/7 ??  3x7= 21+1=22  3 1/7=22/7

yeah, that's the one I learned long ago. 3.14 if you wanna be imprecise.  :-)
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