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Pi is conjectured[1], though not proved, to be normal. If true (likely), we can expect to find Moby Dick in its entirety somewhere in 𝛑, along with tomorrow's
by dvt 7y ago
Pi is conjectured[1], though not proved, to be normal. If true (likely), we can expect to find Moby Dick in its entirety somewhere in 𝛑, along with tomorrow's news of the day. Eventually, we'll find a string of digits nnnn....nnnn that's going to be longer than the number of particles in our universe. Of course, there's also a lot of gibberish.
[1] http://info.sjc.ox.ac.uk/users/gualtieri/Is%20Pi%20normal.htm http://info.sjc.ox.ac.uk/users/gualtieri/Is%20Pi%20normal.ht...
- dantondwa 7y agoThis reminds me of Borges' Library of Babel: https://libraryofbabel.info/libraryofbabel.html https://libraryofbabel.info/libraryofbabel.html
- happytoexplain 7y agoYes, there's no mathematical significance, but finding such a thing so early is emotionally intriguing to some humans, myself included.