It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Both the Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio appear in natural forms ranging from the geometry of the DNA molecule (and the human body) to the physiology of plants and animals. In the past few years, science has taken a quantum leap in knowledge concerning the universal appearance and fundamental importance of Fibonacci mathematics. Some of history's greatest minds, from Pythagoras to Isaac Newton, have held phi and the Fibonacci sequence in the highest esteem and reverence.
www.stangrist.com...
Originally posted by Cascadego
So basically you've got an infinite number of random integers. I am going to tell you that somewhere within the decimal expansion of PI you have: Everything
Originally posted by Cascadego
I dont get what you are trying to say.
Here is what I am trying to say:
PI is irrational. Because of this, it can only be represented decimally with an infinite number of integers. Due to the irrationality of PI, these integers have no over-arching pattern. Each n'th digit has an equal chance of being any integer between 0 and 9.
So basically you've got an infinite number of random integers. I am going to tell you that somewhere within the decimal expansion of PI you have:
[Where sets of three integers between 000 and 255 represent text characters, and 256 to 999 represent gibberish]
The entire text of the Bible.
The entire catalog of the Library of Congress.
The US Constitution.
The winning lottery numbers from the beginning of time to the end of time sequentially, for all lotteries, ever.
The stock prices for 5/1/1950, 5/1/2000, 5/1/2050, and 5/1/2100 all in a nice neat row, including a header that says "How to get rich if you know anything about number theory".
and a Document entitled "The future of Human existence" that accurately predicts the names of every person born since 50,000,000 BC through 7,000,000,000 AD, including geneological references and genetic structure, in alphabetical order.
The reason is, of course, that there are an infinite number of these integers in a random arrangement.
Proof: Take the Bible for instance. We know it starts with a capital letter, and though im not gonna bother to check, but lets say its a H. In order for PI to contain this letter, we would need the integer argument that corresponds to H. Starting anywhere, there is a 1 in 1000 chance we have a hit. So for every 1000 characters of PI you look at, you got a fair shot of hitting an "H". Now, lets say the next character of the Bible is "e". Well, we would first need to find an H, and then an e. This will happen whenever we have 6 integers precisely arranged, or once in every 1000000 integers of PI. Lets say the third character is "y". Well.. we will find the word "Hey" once in every 1000000000 integers of PI.
Since PI has an INFINITY of integers, no matter how complicated the sentence, book, or encyclopedia galactica we use, the probability of it being represented by successive integers is still LESS THAN INFINITY.
Q.e.d
[Edited on 10-4-2004 by Cascadego]