Prime Number Spiral

Re:Prime Number Spiral by hvidgaard on Monday January 02, 2017 @03:02AM (#13299719)

For that to happen, we need the number to be a "Normal number" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number). We just don't know if Pi is normal or not - it's expected to be.

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Re:Prime Number Spiral by leeoniya on Monday January 02, 2017 @09:11PM (#13306122)

i have no idea how this follows from my comment.

all i'm saying is that any spoken name which must be represented by 216 digits would be an order of magnitude more ridiculous than Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22762040

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Re:Prime Number Spiral by hvidgaard on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:21AM (#13316342)

My mind was in a completely different world when I wrote that reply. You're right, it doesn't have much to do with your comment.

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