Vernon,
Do you not realize that changing any number to base-26 is essentially
trivial, though not as easy as the binary, octal, hexadecimal shifts
common in computers. With pi, the only difference in the result would be
the location of 'vernonjenkins' in the hexavigesimal sequence compared to
the decimal sequence Burgy envisioned. It would be no great problem to
use the ASCII coding and have spaces and punctuation as well as capital
letters. The complication would be one of unfamiliarity with base-26 and
base-128, for the results are assured.
Dave
On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 00:03:46 +0100 Vernon Jenkins
<vernon.jenkins@virgin.net> writes:
> John,
>
> Much neater to represent 'pi' in a radix-26 system so that its
> digits
> map neatly onto the alphabet on a one-to-one basis.
>
> However, I wouldn't spend too much time on it; life presents more
> pressing problems.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vernon
>
>
> John W Burgeson wrote:
> >
> > Vernon wishes to find values (albeit not very exact) by taking a
> set of
> > numbers assigned to ancient Hebrew letters, and performing a
> certain
> > arbitrary mathematical transformation on these numbers.
> >
> > I thought of the problem the other way around.
> >
> > I take the value of pi and extend it to exactly n positions after
> the
> > decimal point. I assume the English alphabet as divinely given
> (as
> > Vernon assumes the denary system to be divinely given) and so
> assign the
> > numbers A=01, B=02, ..., Z=26. I then observe that the last 26
> numbers in
> > pi, when I get to position n, spell out the words "vernonjenkins."
> Not
> > only that, but subsequent to position n I find other names,
> > "georgehammond," for instance. Yes, even the name "georgemurphy."
> But
> > "vernonjenkins" is the key term, since it takes exactly 26
> letters, and
> > that seems also to be divinely inspired.
> >
> > Now the above is, I believe, true, and verifiable by anyone, at
> least in
> > principle. The value of n is left as an exercise to the serious
> student
> > of such things; it (the value of n) is probably "divine" also.
> Note that
> > my little exercise is clearly "better" than that of Vernon's since
> I have
> > no need of introducing an arbitrary mathemetical transformation.
> >
> > John Burgeson (Burgy)
> >
> > www.burgy.50megs.com
> > (science/theology, quantum mechanics, baseball, ethics,
> > humor, cars, God's intervention into natural causation,
> etc.)
>
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