Pi can be calculated using a random sample of darts thrown at a square and circle target.

A Google employee named Emma Haruka Iwao has used Google's cloud-computing service to break the world record for calculating pi, an infinite number vital to engineering.

A Google employee from Japan calculated the most accurate value of pi at 31 trillion digits and shattered the world record, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday, or "Pi Day." Emma ...

A Japanese employee at Google broke the world record on Thursday for calculating pi to the furthest decimal, announcing that she had calculated the value to its 31.4 trillionth digit. Emma Haruka ...

It's World Pi Day — Mar. 14, or 3/14, the first three digits of pi — and to celebrate, Google has announced that one of its engineers, Emma Haruka Iwao, has set a new world record for ...

Will calculating pi on the moon enable any novel insight or scientific discovery? No. But according to Parker, that’s part of the point.

They've done it again: Emma Haruka Iwao and her Google Cloud teammates have calculated pi to a record precision of 100 trillion digits.

Calculating pi by yourself There are also fun and simple methods for estimating the value of pi. One of the best-known is a method called “Monte Carlo.” A square with inscribed circle.

Swiss researchers recently claimed a new world record for calculating the number of digits of pi—a staggering 62.8 trillion figures. But why do we care?

Outside the US, Pi Day should probably be July 22 (22/7)—this fraction is a surprisingly good estimate of pi. You can find the value of pi with a mass and a spring.

Google engineer Emma Haruka Iwao has calculated pi to 31 trillion digits, breaking the world record.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A Google employee has broken the world record for calculating pi just in time for the mind-bogglingly long number’s special day. Emma Haruka Iwao spent four months ...