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 | | From: | Steve O'Hara-Smith | | Subject: | Re: Neato chaotic equations for analog computers to display? | | Date: | Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:56:59 +0000 |
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 | On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:25:15 GMT
"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote:
> "Steve O'Hara-Smith"
> > "Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote:
> > > I think it is: if the values aren't cyclic then they have to
> > > march off to infinity (or the universe ends first).
> > Hmm think about the digits in pi.
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> They cycle between 0 and 9? Sounds a bit odd, but how do you
They don't cycle.
> measure the successive values of pi except by fixed
> length strings of digits.
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> If pi is both random and deterministic then it obeys
Both random and deterministic - I have trouble with this concept.
> If the digits of pi are really random then pi must contain all possible
> sub-strings:
It is transcendental not random.
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