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Why bother calculating pi to 62.8 trillion digits? It's both useless and fascinating

By Julia Collins, Lecturer of Mathematics, Edith Cowan University
Calculating pi with unprecedented accuracy has zero scientific usefulness. But as a show of computing muscle and a mathematical curiosity, it’s endlessly intriguing.The Conversation


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