Re: Cantorian pseudomathematics

cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Han.deBruijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Han.deBruijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 

Let me reformulate. Are (a) , (b) and/or (c) _part_ of a "fair and
random" sequence of elements from {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} ?

Yes or No is good enough. 

Yes, for each of (a), (b), and (c), and for a very generous definition
of "_part_ of". You can verify this from the definititon I gave if you
like.


(a) is part of the decimal expansion of Pi ;
(b) is part of the decimal expansion of sqrt(2) ;
(c) is part of HdB's tomorrow's number
    and has been created by a pseudo random number generator.

Google could have been your friend.

What is your point? 

My point is that you don't understand what random means.

Is 7 a random sequence, by my definition? No.

Do there exist random sequences, by my definition, such that 7 is
_part_ of that sequence? Yes.

Do you consider 7 to be a random number? Do you consider (a), (b), or
(c) to be random numbers?


Is Pi a random number? Is sqrt(2) a random number?
Are prime numbers random? Are Collatz sequences random?

*I* didn't claim to understand what random is. *You* did.

Han de Bruijn

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