@Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • edit-21 year agoSince Pi is infinite and non-repeating, would that mean any finite sequence of non-repeating numbers should appear somewhere in Pi?message-square132fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1233arrow-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-21 year agomessage-square132fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRob Boslinkfedilink5•edit-21 year agoYeah. This is a plot point used in a few stories, eg Carl Sagan’s “Contact”
minus-square@Danitos@reddthat.comlinkfedilink10•1 year agoNot accurate. Pi needs to be a normal number for that to happen, something yet to prove/disprove.
minus-squareMetostopholeslinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoReplace numbers with letters, and you have Jorge Luis Borges’ The Library of Babel.
minus-square@bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year 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.