幾個月前的一天,正在讀一本電子版的“寶書”。突然收到提示到樓下取包裹。打開後,大驚,竟然是來自加州女兒的禮物,紙版的同一本“寶書”。“撞車”了,哈。
前天,將這本珍貴的寶書,轉送給了多倫多的一位小朋友:
今天,讀到了寶書的最後一章,關於 Cantor 的貢獻。很高興曾去過他出生和童年的地方俄羅斯的聖彼得堡。讀著讀著,突然一閃念,既然 √2 是無理數,那麽那些數字的隨機性怎樣呢?
馬上搜一下,不得了,居然是個讓數學家汗顏的尚未證明的問題。
https://www2.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/pi-random.html
In fact, not a single naturally occurring math constant has been proved normal in even one number base, to the chagrin of mathematicians. While many constants are believed to be normal -- including pi, the square root of 2, and the natural logarithm of 2, often written "log(2)" -- there are no proofs.