Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-23 days agoSince Pi is infinite and non-repeating, would that mean any finite sequence of non-repeating numbers should appear somewhere in Pi?message-squaremessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1230arrow-down1message-squareSince Pi is infinite and non-repeating, would that mean any finite sequence of non-repeating numbers should appear somewhere in Pi?Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-23 days agomessage-square146fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10·edit-23 days agoYeah. This is a plot point used in a few stories, eg Carl Sagan’s “Contact”
minus-squareDanitos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·2 days agoNot accurate. Pi needs to be a normal number for that to happen, something yet to prove/disprove.
minus-squareMetostopholes@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoReplace numbers with letters, and you have Jorge Luis Borges’ The Library of Babel.
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agohttps://libraryofbabel.info/ kinda blows my mind.
Yeah. This is a plot point used in a few stories, eg Carl Sagan’s “Contact”
Not accurate. Pi needs to be a normal number for that to happen, something yet to prove/disprove.
Replace numbers with letters, and you have Jorge Luis Borges’ The Library of Babel.
https://libraryofbabel.info/ kinda blows my mind.