What is Pi? Is there a pattern?
I came across this interesting page where the author tried to turn Pi into an image using binary. Here is the 2D version.
And the 3D version:
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RcV8uotq70[/embedyt]
(download here: pi_turn_movie)
Is it a Fractal of sorts?
It looks amazingly like a 9th itineration fractal…
(Elementary School Champions! Third grade students in Ms. Renner’s class at Alief ISD’s Chambers Elementary in Houston, TX made this this 9th iteration Jurassic Park Fractal.)
Is it a Message?
The connection to 9th iteration begs the question, what about the 99 Sequences in Pi and the other patterns it holds?Some people have been trying to decipher pi, as if it is a cypher from God.
Not only do people look for meaning in English, because of COURSE God would make his cypher in English–but Hebrew scholars look for meaning in Mathematical constants.
- Pi in Hebrew
- In another search for meaning, here is Phi (the Golden Ratio) in the Tetragrammaton
Why do we search for meaning in Pi? For the simple reason that we expect intelligence at the base level of life. In a way, the hope that Pi contains a message or a pattern comes from our understanding that God is the author of Reason and Math. Galileo Galilei said that the Universe is written in the language of Mathematics.
Most likely, the future holds some more secrets about Pi. Meanwhile, continue to pursue Math and Meaning in your pursuit of Truth.
sources:
http://www.befria.nu/elias/pi
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/MVC-004S.JPG
http://wallpaperbackgrounds.com/Content/wallpapers/pattern/fractal/