Re: Cantorian pseudomathematics


Han.deBruijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> { ... whatever he likes ... ]
>
> But all of his arguing simply boils down to the following:
>
> - Pi is fair and random AND Pi is not fair and random

Can you explain how you obtained that from this?

>> Is pi a random number by my definition? No, pi is not a sequence of
>> elements from some set..
>>
>> Are the digits of pi a random number by my definition? No, the sequence
>> of digits in the ecimal expansion of pi, taken as a sequence of
>> selections from the set [0..9] is a calculatable sequence, and so it is
>> not random.

- Randy

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