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I seem to remember reading a sci-fi story quite a long time ago where the characters discover a message embedded in pi but only after many digits were calculate

I seem to remember reading a sci-fi story quite a long time ago where the characters discover a message embedded in pi but only after many digits were calculated. I think the implication was something about simulations or maybe instructions on how to build a device. Can't quite remember the details.

LegitShady 4y ago
That sounds like Contact by Carl Sagan
- cpeterso 4y ago
  In Northern Exposure season 4 episode 3 ("Nothing's Perfect"), a grad student comes to Cicely to study Pi. "I just have this feeling if I take pi, well past all this static, take pi to 10 million, 20 million digits, that I'll find something really incredible. Not just a pattern, not just an order, but a sign. A mathematical sign." https://moosechick.com/43.html https://moosechick.com/43.html