(February 15, 2018 at 10:30 pm)polymath257 Wrote:(February 11, 2018 at 7:58 am)Succubus Wrote: What I find to more mind destroying is the largest prime number:
23,249,425 digits. And it's divisible by nothing. Yeah I know.
Regarding Pi, will there come a time when people just give up for being a waste of time and resources. I mean it is indeed fascinating but isn't it rather futile?
From here.
Very little of mathematical value is obtained from these calculations.
But they are very, very good tests of the entire computer system.
Thank you for addressing this but my question still stands, if we were to parallel all the world computers to give us the largest calculable number of Pi, then what will we gain. Will Pi ever be more than a curiosity?
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.