Re: pi
| From: | Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 18, 2001, 18:42 |
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, D Tse wrote:
> <<
>
> Well, supposed the sequence of digits in pi is more or less random
> there will be
> a probability of one for EVERY pattern to occur (most of them of
> course VERY
> late).
>
> Martin
>
> >>
>
> Quite true, actually... there's a site on the Internet (I don't have
> the site on hand, though) that lets you type in a set of numbers and
> it tells you where in pi they can be located. All numbers should be
> in there somewhere if one looks hard enough...
>
> Imperative
I said this to a number of mathematicians, and they beat me severely.
Evidently this is a common misconception. First of all, the digits of pi
are not "random." They showed me the proof, and although I cannot
reproduce it, I was convinced.
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