Pi calculated to 62.8 trillion decimal places

 Competence Centre for Data Analysis, Visualisation and Simulation (DAViS)

https://www.fhgr.ch/en/specialist-areas/applied-future-technologies/davis-centre/pi-challenge/#c16197

• "The challenge for this record attempt is taken up by project leader Thomas Keller and by the head of DAViS, Prof. Dr Heiko Rölke."
• "DAViS as part of the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons is consolidating expertise in the area of high-performance computing (HPC) and HPC infrastructure for a mandate of the canton of Grisons."
•  2021-08-14: "This Saturday morning at 9:30 am, our High Performance Computer successfully completed its calculation to 62'831'853'071'750 decimal places, hence an additional 12.8 trillion decimal digits of Pi have been discovered."

Babylonians Used Applied Geometry 1,000 Years Before Pythagoras

 

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-tablet-shows-babylonians-used-pythagorean-geometry-1000-years-pythagoras-180978376/
• https://www.sciencealert.com/this-3-700-year-old-tablet-shows-the-oldest-known-example-of-applied-geometry