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If we used such a machine to to enumerate Pi what would happen? Is it proven that Pi infinitely long? If so that would be a countable infinite because it is dig
by sqeaky 2y ago
If we used such a machine to to enumerate Pi what would happen? Is it proven that Pi infinitely long? If so that would be a countable infinite because it is digits of precision, right?
Could we write algorithms that search all the digits of pi for patterns? Or mayb messages on speculation of creators or others who might be able to tamper with it?
Could other math things be searched? Have we proven there is no upper limit to prime numbers? I know the largest known mersenne prime fills a novel sized book with just one number, but when does a number get too big to be prime if ever?
- TwentyPosts 2y agoYes, pi has an infinitely long decimal expansion, and there are infinitely many prime numbers. No deep messages have been found in either yet, and I am sure some people tried, so it stands to reason that no such messages exist. Mathematical objects can be complicated and difficult to understand and go on for infinitely long without having secret messages hidden in them.
- sqeaky 2y agoOf course they can, and with an infinitely powerful machine it would be cheap to check.