Re: normal digits base 10 ( used to be: bimodal ditribution form counting signs of Pi digits differences)
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- Subject: [mg51983] Re: normal digits base 10 ( used to be: bimodal ditribution form counting signs of Pi digits differences)
- From: Roger Bagula <tftn at earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 02:07:51 -0500 (EST)
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Anonymous contributions, I have no idea where any of this came from: 1: An interesting paper on those who dispute Cantor's proof, "An Editor Recalls Some Hopeless Papers" by Wilfred Hodges. It gives one possible explanation for why this proof is considered suspect by some and faults teaching methods as a contributing factor. You can find this on the web or in university libraries. 2: You might consider trimming the ever growing "tail" of previously posted pessages that is appended to each new message about the distribution of Pi. That is making each message longer and longer and redistributing the same messages and names over and over. 3: If the properties of the Wolfram "30" CA have been proven it might be interesting to ask for a reference to the source of that. I wasn't aware that any of the evidence for this had been released to anyone, other than claims that it is true. 4: It might be interesting to see a more theoretical analysis of the observed behavior of the digits of Pi. Since it seems that the behavior is similar to a random walk, and since theoretical analysis of random walk has been done many time, it might be possible to adapt their analysis to the slightly different circumstances for pi. For example, it might be feasible to come up with a probability that the graph will stay within ±Sqrt[n] assuming that the digits are a uniformly distributed random variable. 5: It doesn't appear that any party's position is going to change on the question of randomness and pi, the lines are drawn, the trenches dug, the guns in place, and it looks like France and the first world war. Feel free to not use any of this to prolong this :) Respectfully, Roger L. Bagula tftn at earthlink.net, 11759Waterhill Road, Lakeside,Ca 92040-2905,tel: 619-5610814 : alternative email: rlbtftn at netscape.net URL : http://home.earthlink.net/~tftn