Anonymous
6/8/2025, 8:08:58 PM
No.16692523
>>16692510
Right, but the chances of finding a number that repeats for n digits increases as the length of the number increases, even for irrationals. And remember, the question is whether some digits repeats for a such a long length that we will not be able to calculate when it terminates - not that it never terminates.
The general answer is that the odds of this happening are unlikely because to identify a number with such a repeating pattern requires computing that is order of magnitudes over the computation required to see the pattern.
But I think it is more of a question of scrubbing through the numbers - scrubbing here being in the video editing sense where data is quickly searched through for a desired characteristic. A scrubbing algorithm probably ensures that the discovery of large patterns implies that their terminations are never outside of computibility.
Right, but the chances of finding a number that repeats for n digits increases as the length of the number increases, even for irrationals. And remember, the question is whether some digits repeats for a such a long length that we will not be able to calculate when it terminates - not that it never terminates.
The general answer is that the odds of this happening are unlikely because to identify a number with such a repeating pattern requires computing that is order of magnitudes over the computation required to see the pattern.
But I think it is more of a question of scrubbing through the numbers - scrubbing here being in the video editing sense where data is quickly searched through for a desired characteristic. A scrubbing algorithm probably ensures that the discovery of large patterns implies that their terminations are never outside of computibility.