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Pi calculated to 'record number' of digits

A computer scientist claims to have computed the mathematical constant pi to nearly 2.7 trillion digits, using a Desktop PC.

Pi is an irrantional number, meaning the number of digits is contains can in theory go on forever.

And now it appears a Desktop PC has has gone further than any supercomputer has gone before by putting 2.7 trillion numbers correctly in place after the first 6 numbers, 3.14159.....

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Elven65253d ago WhoDisagree(0)Agree(0)
mrv3215253d ago

That's one hell of a big circle.

RedDragan5253d ago

lmfao....

Nice one XD

Bubble for the lulz!

Mo0eY5253d ago (Edited 5253d ago )

I came here for the pi, I left here with a laugh.

Proxy5253d ago

I've done the math in my head, and the 3 trillionth digit is 2.

randomwiz5253d ago

I did the math in my head and I calculated the 8 trillionth number to be anywhere between 1 and 9 inclusive.

darthv725253d ago

should be able to go to 11...

Hellsvacancy5253d ago

I saw the Darren Aronofsky film called Pi, man thats 1 messed up movie

Proxy5253d ago

There's a 90% chance your correct.

But if it's a 0, then you lose. :)

mrv3215253d ago

Actually 0 barely appears in pi so he has a great than 90% of being correct.

cyclindk5253d ago

Actually this figure in no way denotes the parameters of any PARTICULAR circle, but rather it is a ratio of ANY circle's circumference to its diameter.

Proxy5253d ago

I counted through the first 1.1 million digits of pi (well, my computer did) and came up with the fallowing:

99959 0's
99758 1's
100026 2's
100229 3's
100230 4's
100359 5's
99548 6's
99800 7's
99985 8's
100106 9's

So there's a 90.004% chance he's correct; which, as you said, is greater than 90%.

Count them yourself if you want: http://pi.is.online.fr/pi.h...

SixZeroFour5253d ago

cyclindk is right..i was about reply on original post, luckily i read through the replies first...lol

pi has no relation to the area of a circle until a diameter (more specifically its radius, but you can get that through the diameter) is known

but were gamers, why would we want to know that...lol

btw...2.7trillion digits later, pi is definitively not a repeating decimal now right? cause some wondered if it would eventually be a repeating decimal at some point

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morphx3me5253d ago

@ lol a chance out of 10 eh ,

i predict 7 :P

Bathyj5253d ago

So whats the big deal about Pi?

Do we have to know a circumference or area of a circle so accurately that we need Pi calculated to so many decimal places?
Its going to make so little a difference to your final measurement is not really worth the effort.

I think calculating Pi is like the equivilant of bowling a 300 or getting a hole in one for maths nerds.

thor5253d ago

Well read the article.

He says it's not the number that is important (if we need to do calculations using Pi we can do them to arbitrary precision anyway). It's the algorithms that went into calculating it that are of interest.

In practice using it to work out the area of a circle you would only need about 10 digits maximum.

MerkinMax5253d ago

Both of the things you just mentioned have already been accomplished.

morphx3me5253d ago

As THOR said Bathyj ''In practice using it to work out the area of a circle you would only need about 10 digits maximum'' but hypothetically if one of those 10 numbers were to change it would change the dimension of that circle.

So more the number as you know when doing maths gives us a much more accurate answer than rounding up figures and Pi aint just used for the circumference of a circle but in many things geometry, trigonometry, calculus , Probability and statistics and most importantly used in many physics equations explaining the universe.

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The Alters Q&A - Creating a Game About the Roads Not Taken

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Gamers can now get a Black Ops 6 Calling Card that'll be in-game at launch. Activision sending old school pagers to content creators.

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5 PlayStation Exclusive Games That Look Better Than Hellblade 2

The Nerd Stash: "Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 has some of the best graphics on Xbox, but there are PlayStation games that look even better."

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PrinceOfAnger1d 8h ago

Lol some sony fans now disagreeing with DF !?
They said :
Hellblade 2 is a defining moment in the evolution of real-time graphics".

(The Next Level in Real-Time Visuals)

Game
Takes advantage of everything UE5 offers
- Final game 'lives up to the lofty expectations' of the 2019 reveal
- Character rendering sets new standards and nearly resembles movie sequences with actual actors
- Leverages Unreal's Meta Human 5 to bypass the uncanny valley feel
- DF were left guessing whether some cut-scenes were in-game or real life footage (photo mode shows they're all real time)

Also
https://i.ibb.co/m4zMw3M/20...
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https://i.ibb.co/2YtX6Tv/20...

Right now nothing on PS looks better than HB2.

PrinceOfAnger1d 7h ago

5 PlayStation Exclusive Games" also on PC..
so what Exclusive? No one here confesses and accepted the word "Console exclusive". they were making jokes about it!
😂

FTLmaster1d 7h ago

Isn't Hellblade 2 on PC?

PrinceOfAnger1d 7h ago

@FTLmaster

Sony fans were making jokes first about the word " Console exclusive" here and on other sites.
Now they use the word by themselves.
Lol

P_Bomb1d 6h ago

I write console exclusive all the time. I use it in Xbox’s favor too. Those are the games I generally go after over there.

MrDead13h ago

Now I understand who these articles are written for.

Just buy and support the game so MS doesn't shut down Ninja Theory.

S2Killinit5h ago(Edited 4h ago)

You cant really talk when xbox has all its games released elsewhere. Not a good look.

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PrinceOfAnger13h ago

This article says Bloodborne and Ghost of Tsushima has better graphics than Hellblade 2 i'm done! 🤣

S2Killinit5h ago

DF can talk from its arse all it wants. I’m sure they are spending their advertising money wisely.

Nacho_Z4h ago

People are free to disagree with DF, it's debatable how impartial they are.

The article is a bit of a stretch though. Hellblade has an open goal graphically because it's using the latest tech on small areas with crap framerate so the fidelity is through the roof. It's not impressive to me personally but it's an achievement that shouldn't be denied.

S2Killinit3h ago

Yes. But then a picture can be extremely beautiful but you cant really play it. Hellblade must be beautiful but it has low frames, and its pretty much on rails so it does not really impress me personally.

neutralgamer19922h ago(Edited 2h ago)

what good are graphics when rest of the game is a walking sim (coming from a pc fan) if it's only about graphics than any game can push the boundary but that's without much gameplay

to me gears of war 5 is more impressive because it had the graphics and gameplay to back it up, just like uncharted 2 back in the day. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart is also up there.

SGT_Squirrel2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

I don't understand people. Both the PS5 and Xbox one X are great machines. I own both and could care less which system has a game that is marginally better looking than the other. Yes, Hellblade 2 is the best-looking console game right now, but it isn't a huge leap over what the PS5 has. Since I am not tied to one company's console, I see things differently I guess.

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darthv721d 6h ago

Okay, I've played all of those, and they looked good for their time. This game just takes realism to a whole other level. some would even say uncanny valley-esq at times.

Maybe that's why people are having a hard time with this game... its almost too real and makes them uneasy about it.

Bathyj3h ago

I doubt that's it. The game has woorde problems than that.

rlow11d 2h ago

lol, really???? The title sounds so desperate. Those games are excellent but not in the same league.

ravens523h ago

..."not in the same league graphics wise*" Fixed it so you don't sound too crazy. Also not sure its in "another league" but I haven't seen it in person so 🤷🏽 idk.

S2Killinit3h ago

I would say those games are on a much higher level because Hellblade is a game made to look great but its not on par when it comes to how it is linear with small playing areas and low frames. Anyone can do that, but is it a good game? No.

MrDead13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

...now I remember why I hate gaming media, it's because 99.9% are like this article.

purple1019h ago

yeh, probably gonna have to wait for 'Death Stranding 2: On the beach', to get better environments and facial animation than this.

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