Teaching Approximations (was Re: Microcode, which is a no-go for

Douglas Taylor dj.taylor4 at comcast.net
Wed Jan 9 11:36:04 CST 2019


On 1/8/2019 7:21 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> On 1/8/19 3:04 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>
>> But, using a crude code of 'A' = 1, 'B' = 2, 'C' = 3, etc.
>> "ELGAR" appears in PI at decimal digits 7608455
> I suspect that Pi, to a sufficient number of places could decode
> anyone's surname.
>
> No, I'm thinking of "Nimrod"...
>
> --Chuck
>
I always wondered how do people know that those computed digits of pi, 
out to millions and millions of digits, are correct?

Do different algorithms or methods give the same answer?

Doug




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