1993-05-21 - PI Compression
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From: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 May 93 15:59:03 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: PI Compression
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>Since all possible finite bit strings are, by definition, contained
>in the unending cavalcade of bits in pi,
Definition? I have seen not this asserted even by theorem. Not
surprising, since the statement is patently false. There are
2^{\aleph_0} finite bit strings, and only \aleph_0 of those are
subsequences of pi.
For those of you without a math background, this means "They all just
don't fit."
Eric
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- 1993-05-21 (Fri, 21 May 93 15:33:31 PDT) - PI Compression - “Kent Hastings” <kent_hastings@qmail2.aero.org>
- 1993-05-21 (Fri, 21 May 93 15:59:03 PDT) - PI Compression - Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
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