On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Philippe Trottier wrote:
> HI,
>
> Again if you look from a human eye, we can see (imagine) a nearly possible
> period in that number ..., again that's human brain doing overtime... But
> again MAYBE, there is a real period to that number... and this number also
> start to have a considerable amount of known digits (We would have to share
> multiple generation just to say it)
I have some intrest in the number Pi -- I know 50-some digits, and have
been looking into getting a few million digits hardbound.
But while watching the movie Pi, it occurred to me that since the number
Pi has *nothing* to do with base 10, there would be no repitition in the
digits in any approximation of it in base 10 (or any other integer base,
for that matter). The sequence of digits *should* be completely random,
and it's goofy for people to try to look for patterns. I mean hey, if
it's what you gotta do, go for it, but I think time would be better spent
on other things.
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