Why do we need to solve PI? Is it just entertainment.?

Answer 1

Yep, Dweebs and Nerds know how to have fun too !!

Answer 2

There seems to be a common misconception that we do not know what pi actually is, just because we cannot write out the full decimal expansion. Just because pi is irrational doesn't mean that we don't know what it is. Calculation of the decimal expansion is usually used as a baseline test of computing power.

Answer 3

It is a show of computing force. Each digit in pi takes more memory, and more computing power than before.

Supercomputers that can handle one billion digits in a calculation (that's a Gig in just one number!) are perfectly suited for simulating the development of a hurricane, the spread of a disease through areas of varying population, or the intricate details of particle physics.

Consider this the geek equivalent of a "Bodybuilding competition", where in bodybuilding, the message is "I could lift up a car", in computing, it's "I can redesign that car to get better gas mileage in a few hours".

Answer 4

Well.......... The decimal expansion of the value for π actually can be shown to be a random sequence. So, for problems requiring lots and lots of random sequences or random values (in the sense that they are totally uncorrrelated) the decimal expansion of π is fairly convenient.

Besides which..... How else can you justify building TeraFlop computers? ☺


Doug

Answer 5

PI is used to calculate areas and volumes.

Answer 6

because pi has a fundamental function in a lot of mathematical phenomena and the closer we get to what it actually is, the more accurate our solutions for these phenomena will be.

Answer 7

Because people love challenges, especially ones that take you away from having to do real work *coughYahooAnswerscough* :)

Answer 8

because, its contstant, irrational, and very important. just like love.

gives us accurate value of circular parameters