[ExI] 11 numbers that are cooler than pi

[Darin Sunley]

They left out my favorite: Chaitin's "Omega".

It encodes which Turing machines halt.

I think that might be sufficient to define the computational nature of the
mathematical universe.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 1:59 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Pi may be one of the best-known numbers, but for people who are paid
> to think about numbers all day long, the circle constant can be a bit
> of a bore. We asked several mathematicians to tell us their favorite
> non-pi numbers. Here are some of their answers.
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> <https://www.livescience.com/64987-numbers-as-cool-as-pi.html>
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> Just something for the maths nerds!   :)
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> BillK
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