But as useful as pi has proved to be, notes Fractals for the Classroom, “it would be hard to find applications in scientific computing, where more than some 20 digits of [pi] are necessary. ”
Namun, sekalipun pi telah terbukti bermanfaat, Fractals for the Classroom mengomentari bahwa, ” sulit mencari penerapannya dalam perhitungan ilmiah, yang memerlukan lebih dari sekitar 20 digit [nilai pi] ”.