The pi(x) project

The pi(x) project is stopped for the moment

(The latest computation (pi(1023)) revealed a problem in the pix.exe program which has not been solved yet. A difference of 1 exists in the global check. Internal checks were extensively used but did not permit to locate the problem. After months trying to solve this problem, I finally decided to stop the project. I'll be back one day so that the world record pi(x) computation with the pi(x) project will continue.)

Thanks to all contributors : the value p(4×1022) is known !

The pi(x) computation project is a distributed computation of pi(x) on the web for very large values of x. (Remember that pi(x) is defined as the number of prime numbers less than a given value x, see counting the number of primes). You can contribute to this project provided you have a Pentium (or equivalent chip) machine on Windows. Each computation in the pi(x) project includes the verification.


Related links


Back to

numbers, constants and computation


File translated from TEX by TTH, version 2.32.
On 15 Apr 2002, 18:51.