For thousands of years, mathematicians and scientists have worked on calculating the digits of pi -- a project that could literally go on forever. For now, we at least know the first 100 trillion ...

Calculating 100 trillion digits of pi is a feat worth celebrating with a pie. (Google Graphic / The Keyword) Three years after Seattle software developer Emma Haruka Iwao and her teammates at Google ...

Pi, a mathematical constant denoted by the Greek letter π, is the ratio of a circle's circumference C to its diameter d: π = C/d. The circumference of a circle is, in turn, equal to 2πr, where r is ...

When Ainsley Ramsey was in sixth grade she competed in a contest: Who could recite the most digits of pi? Ramsey was determined. "I did 100 digits and I won. And I remember getting a pie to bring to ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Developers have set a new record in the endless quest to accurately calculate pi. A team led by Google Cloud’s Emma Haruka Iwao found 100 TRILLION digits of the mathematical constant — smashing the ...