Not a mathematician here at all so perhaps my question is phrased incorrectly.
Let’s say through thorough testing in reality, we can prove with certainty Pi is correct up until 5 decimal places,
3.14159
The computers that are calculating Pi to an endless degree, how do they validate new values that are calculated as correct and cannot be otherwise?
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You verify your answer.
Simply put 1+1=2. take a 1 pen, bring in an additional pen. how many pens? 2. Repeat with another item. same answer? Have someone else attempt it. same answer? then 1+1=2.
With Pi, and other irrational numbers. they start the calculation, then attempt the calculation a second, then a third and fourth time,. Mathematicians repeat and if the answer comes back every time with the same answer then we know that the original calculation is correct.
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