Memorizing the digits of pi–the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter–presents a hefty challenge to anyone undertaking that quixotic exercise. Starting with 3.14159265, the decimal digits ...

In a recent work [6], Borwein and Borwein derived a class of algorithms based on the theory of elliptic integrals that yield very rapidly convergent approximations to elementary constants. The author ...

Last year, a Japanese mathematician and a U.S. grad student smashed the world record for calculating the value of Pi. After a manic 371 days of computing, Shigeru Kondo and Alexander Yee reached 10 ...

Swiss researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden recently claimed a new world record for calculating the number of digits of pi – a staggering 62.8 trillion figures. By my estimate, ...