TechSpot: Mathematicians used Minecraft mobs to calculate Pi without writing a single line of code. “Minecraft was never designed to behave like a calculator. Its world is built entirely from cubes, with no smooth curves and no native concept of continuous geometry. That makes it an awkward place to tackle a number like pi, which depends on the properties of a perfect circle. But two mathematicians have shown that, even in a blocky universe, you…
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