▲ 315 ▼ Microsoft to Copyright Pi, Found to Contain Entire Arial Font (sebastiancarlos.com) submitted 2 years ago by sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml 60 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TdotMatrix@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Does this count: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Turun@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago No, because you can't mathematically guarantee that pi contains long strings of predetermined patterns. The 1.101001000100001... example by the other user was just that - an example. Their number is infinite, but never contains a 2. Pi is also infinite, but does it contain the number e to 100 digits of precision? Maybe. Maybe not. The point is, we don't know and we can't prove it either way (except finding it by accident). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Turun@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago No, because you can't mathematically guarantee that pi contains long strings of predetermined patterns. The 1.101001000100001... example by the other user was just that - an example. Their number is infinite, but never contains a 2. Pi is also infinite, but does it contain the number e to 100 digits of precision? Maybe. Maybe not. The point is, we don't know and we can't prove it either way (except finding it by accident). permalink fedilink source parent
