Somewhere in pi, there is a segment of a billion consecutive 1's. amirite?

Yes, since pi has an infinite number of digits distributed with equal frequency, there must be such a sequence of 1's, but it probably would take every supercomputer working together much longer than the remaining time left to the universe to find its first occurrence. With an infinite number of monkeys at keyboards, one of them will type the complete works of Shakespeare too. [you stop the experiment when it happens for the first time] biggrin

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Ok snotty

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Not necessarily

by Anonymous 4 years ago

So there's also 6969 80085

by Anonymous 4 years ago

somewhere in pi ,there are infinete ones

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Wouldn't that just mean that there are no space for other numbers?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Infinity is weird. It doesn't conform to our notions of what a number should be (it isn't actually a number at all). Infinity is more of a concept, to describe something that is endless. This is why infinity +1 is still infinity, because "normal" math doesn't work with it. When infinity is involved, there is always more space, even when you already have an infinite amount of thing.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

but isnt 2 times infinity still infinity

by Anonymous 4 years ago

now show me the point of knowing what pi is... what is it used for???

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Well, for example in plane and solid geometry, if you know the radius of a circle or sphere, and wish to calculate the circumference or area of the circle, or if you need the circumference, surface area or volume of the sphere, pi figures prominently in the calculation of all of those. Pi also appears in many equations of physics and engineering. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FourierSeriesSquareWave.html

by Anonymous 4 years ago

how can using an infinite ratio be considered accurate to a mathematician ...seems like only exact volume would be needed to be known otherwise it's just an rounded estimation

by Anonymous 4 years ago

does anyone get the joke in "rounding" Pi up

by Anonymous 4 years ago

A pure mathematician would of course leave the answer in terms of the symbol π, but an engineer, experimental physicist or landscape architect would use a numerical value of pi taken out to as many places as they might need for sufficient accuracy in their applied work.

by Anonymous 4 years ago