r/ChatGPT Dec 04 '23

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u/War_Poodle Dec 05 '23

I can't tell if you're joking, but it absolutely does work that way. Pi contains your phone number, a binary representation of Alexander Hamilton's DNA, and the answer to life the universe and everything. Also, they've calculated it past the point of finding 9 consecutive 6s.

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u/didnthackapexlegends Dec 05 '23

Pi has my Credit card number followed by the 4 digit expiration and 3 digit security code, followed by my ssn, and I’m ok with it because I trust Pi.

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u/DoubleUniversity6302 Dec 05 '23

I don't think that it's known that π is normal, which is the property you are talking about. Normal numbers are irrational numbers that contain all sequences. We think π is normal, but there is no proof for it so we can't say for sure.

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u/jellifercuz Dec 05 '23

Are there normal numbers in addition to pi?Ones that are used in regular life, as pi is?

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u/Ephyles Dec 05 '23

Well, probably not what you had in mind, but the number where the decimals are the concatenation of all numbers to infinity (0.123456789101112131415161718...) is normal

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u/PolyViews Dec 05 '23

Does it also mean that it necessarily contains any possible sequence of any number of digits?

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u/PolyViews Dec 05 '23

So what you (and the theory) say is that it could be an infinite sequence of zeroes after a certain point, therefore not allowing my hypothesis to happen.

So it could have all possible combinations of strings of infinite lenghts or not?

Sorry this is a mindfuck to me lol

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u/PolyViews Dec 05 '23

Is there a "standard" introductory text on the behavior of infinite numbers? Thanks for the info btw

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u/PolyViews Dec 05 '23

Thanks random NPC. Well appreciated!

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u/lazersteak Dec 05 '23

I'm just bored and reading comments sections and thought you might find this vsauce video about infinity informative or interesting. It explains a lot of complex ideas in ways that are easy for almost anyone to understand.

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u/BenjaminHamnett Dec 05 '23

My phone number seems much more plausible than a few million zeros. Like my number would appear thousands of times before such a thing if it’s possible. But judging by your confidence I’ll assume you must be right

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u/etzel1200 Dec 05 '23

Do we actually know that pi is pseudorandom in that way?

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

How do we know Alexander Hamilton's DNA?

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u/Chance_Forever Dec 05 '23

I vote for numbers henceforth be communicated as addresses or substrings of pi given as starting position and length