Re: Pi
- Posted by xanax at bellsouth.net Dec 10, 2002
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This sounds like the prime-number venture. actually paying people to find primes above what has already been found but with todays computers, it'd take years just to match what they already have. Xanax ----- Original Message ----- From: <jordah at btopenworld.com> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> Subject: Re: Pi : : Why would some one need a number that long? a billion maybe. A trillion... : : Was it to show off the supercomputer or the actual program? : : jordah : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Kat" <kat at kogeijin.com> : To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> : Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 12:33 AM : Subject: Pi : : : > : > This is what string math is for: : > A team of Japanese researchers say they have calculated Pi to 1.24 : trillion digits. : > The most accurate previous calculation only stretched to 206 billion : places. They : > calculated the value for pi with a Hitachi supercomputer over 400 hours in : > September. Kanada's team spent five years designing the program used in : the : > September experiment, Kudo said. The Hitachi supercomputer is capable of 2 : > trillion calculations per second. : > : > Kat : > : > : > : > : : : : :