@Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • edit-23 months agoSince Pi is infinite and non-repeating, would that mean any finite sequence of non-repeating numbers should appear somewhere in Pi?message-square151fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1234arrow-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 months agomessage-square151fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRob Boslinkfedilink5•edit-23 months agoYeah. This is a plot point used in a few stories, eg Carl Sagan’s “Contact”
minus-square@Danitos@reddthat.comlinkfedilink10•3 months agoNot accurate. Pi needs to be a normal number for that to happen, something yet to prove/disprove.
minus-squareMetostopholeslinkfedilinkEnglish7•3 months agoReplace numbers with letters, and you have Jorge Luis Borges’ The Library of Babel.
minus-square@bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months 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.