--- Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let us remember, of course, that the digits of pi
are not random
whatsoever: they are the digits of pi! Random is in
the eye of the
beholder.
-TD
Exactly. What an algorithm gives out is always
deterministic. We try to see if there is some
From: Sarad AV [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: May 5, 2005 8:43 AM
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Subject: Re: Pi: Less Random Than We Thought
Well, if it were generated by a random process, we'd expect to see every
n-bit substring in there somewhere, sooner or later, since the sequence
hi,
--- Gil Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For example, is this sequence
of bits random:
01100100010? How about this one: 00? From
a true random number
generator, both are completely possible and equally
valid.
Random as in the sense guessable and thus posing a
problem to the
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Yes, but only provided the universe lasts long enough for those digits to be
computed!
-TD
From: John Kelsey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sarad AV [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Pi: Less Random Than We Thought
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 09:42:09 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
