hi, If you remember D.E Knuth's book on Semi-Numerical Algorithms he shows some annoying subsequences of pi in it which are far from random. Sarad. --- cypherpunk <cyphrpunk@gmail.com> wrote:
This doesn't really make sense. Either the digits are random or they are not. You can't be a little bit random. Well, you can be, but the point is that you either pass the test or you don't.
If pi's digits fail a test of randomness in a statistically significant way, that is big news. If they pass it, then there is no meaningful way to compare them with another RNG that also passes. It's just a statistical quirk due to random variation as to which will do better than another on any given test.
The bottom line is still that either an RNG passes the tests acceptably or it does not. From what they say (or don't say), pi does pass. It doesn't make sense to say that other RNGs do better.
CP
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