The Chudnovsky Brothers are mathematicians known for their wide-ranging mathematical abilities, their home-built supercomputers, and their close working relationship. A 1992 article in the New Yorker quoted several mathematicians' opinions that Gregory Chudnovsky has one of the top mathematical minds alive today. David Chudnovsky works closely with and assists his brother Gregory, who suffers from Myasthenia Gravis .
The Chudnovsky Brothers have held records, at different times, for computing Pi to the largest number of places, including over two billion digits. This last feat was accomplished in the early 1990s on a supercomputer they built in their Brooklyn apartment.
The brothers also assisted the Metropolitan Museum of Art around 2003 in the merge of a series of digital photographs taken of the The Hunt of the Unicorn tapistries during their cleaning.
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