On 4/10/2016 3:56 PM, Jonathan Day wrote:
These are not known to be significant and there is no logical reason to believe they are significant. However, they are interesting and worthy of thought. Many here will have already done so, but a refresher never hurts. Pi can be calculated as a function, but any specific digit can also be calculated directly, which implies the digits are non-random in some sense. The overall distribution is equivalent to random, but the next two points show that's not a measure of true randomness, merely a pre-requisite. Next, the distribution of prime numbers is similar in nature to the distribution of quantum states of particles. There are systems where the energy states do match the pattern of primes. Primes are not quite random. If you know the last digit of a prime number, then you can predict the last digit of the next prime number significantly better than average. Apparently, in some cases, you've a 60%+ chance of doing so.
You can do better than that if the number is in binary. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
