English Explanatory Dictionary

Feynman point

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The position (at the 762nd digit after the decimal point) in the decimal expansion of pi at which a sequence of six consecutive nines first appears, unexpectedly early in view of the expected and otherwise apparent randomness of said expansion.

Word forms

Feynman point

Etymology

Named after Richard Feynman, who is claimed to have talked about it in a lecture.

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