BTW, how do they know their pi calculation is correct?
Well agreeing with the prior record holder helps, but a completely separate technique can be used. There *is* a way of directly calculating the Nth digit of pi (without generating all the previous digits) but only in hex. Nobody to date has discovered a way of doing it for pi in base 10. So you just start checking digits out towards the end of the printout with a completely separate formula and you'll know if you're right or not.
(found that little gem on a math board a while back, cool factoid)
Well agreeing with the prior record holder helps, but a completely separate technique can be used. There *is* a way of directly calculating the Nth digit of pi (without generating all the previous digits) but only in hex. Nobody to date has discovered a way of doing it for pi in base 10. So you just start checking digits out towards the end of the printout with a completely separate formula and you'll know if you're right or not.
(found that little gem on a math board a while back, cool factoid)
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