• Question: What is the weirdest part of maths and why

    Asked by MontyH-S on 15 Jan 2025.
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      Sheridan Williams answered on 15 Jan 2025:

      I love the fact that you could find the complete works of Shakespeare in the digits of pi, or e or any trancendental number. (pair numbers so 01=A, 02=B, reduce then to modulo 26 and start searching.
      The longest word I found in 85,000 decimal places of pi was HOTEL, so you’d have to carry on producing digits beyond the life of the universe!

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