Tuesday, October 3, 2017

cipher - Is there a secret message in the first decimals of PI?



Is there a secret message encoded in the first decimals of $\pi$?



Source: Vi Hart



Answer



Updated: Solution



The first four digits after the decimal point in $\pi$ are 1415. If we convert this using an alphabet cipher ($A=1, B=2, \ldots, Z=26$) we get $$ 14|15 \rightarrow NO$$ So we have

Q: "Is there a secret message encoded in the first decimals of $\pi$?"

A: "NO"



Original answer



If we take $\pi$ up to eight digits after the decimal point i.e, $3.14159265$ and use an alphabet cipher ($A=1, B=2, \ldots, Z=26$) we can construct the following $$3.14|15|9|26|5 \rightarrow C.NOIZE $$ and C-Noize is apparently a musical artist with some music on youtube.

So maybe the universe is telling us its favourite type of music?



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