![]() ![]() One could even say that the definition of randomness is, in a way, a paradox. The definition of pi is very simple, but if we were to see nothing but the long list of decimals with the beginning 3.1415… hidden, it would be extremely difficult to figure out that it is, in fact, a sequence which is far from random. ![]() A good example of this is the number pi which represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. We can quite easily come to the conclusion that a certain sequence of numbers is random when we cannot recognize any rule that might govern it, while it is likely that we just cannot make out the pattern. Nevertheless, it is very important not to confuse our subjective unawareness of rules with the objective nonexistence of such laws. Random is what has neither cause nor meaning. It would be easiest to define randomness as a series of events taking place without any meaning or independent of any possible rule. The paradox of the definition of randomness ![]() Many great mathematicians throughout history have examined the problem of randomness, but it was only a short while ago, in the era of computers and information technology, that the questions concerning randomness revealed themselves in all their complexity and appeal. Not only is it difficult to create random events or sequences of numbers, verifying whether something that we have produced really is random is no easy task either. You might think it must be easy to define randomness, but nothing could be further from the truth. ![]()
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