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| Author: | oceanicitl [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:51 am ] |
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Saw this on Saturday and thought of you lot Is it geeky or nerdy? lol
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| Author: | EddArmitage [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pie! |
It's not very precise, that's for sure. (8-p |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pie! |
To be rational about it, any irrational will contain everything any number of times. |
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| Author: | EddArmitage [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:01 pm ] | |||||||||
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I don't think I agree with that. See here for a counterexample, although it's generally believed that Pi is a normal number. |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pie! |
Thanks, I didn't know what normal was. Is it a new thing, or did I just sleep through that bit of school? edit: Wiki says "The concept of a normal number was introduced by Émile Borel in 1909" so I guess I was asleep! |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:06 pm ] | |||||||||
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Bratty, stop using other people's accounts. |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pie! |
That's being shared. |
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| Author: | leeds_manc [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:30 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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That link took me on an interesting adventure into the possibilities of infinity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel http://www.daylightatheism.org/2006/03/ ... babel.html |
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